Page "Syrian Armed Forces" Paragraph 13

Since the Syrian civil war began, the Armed Forces have been sent to crush the protestors.

As the uprising progressed into civil war, a growing number of soldiers began to defect from the Syrian Armed Forces and came together under the banner of the Free Syrian Army.

On March 2012 the Syrian government issued new travel restrictions for military-aged males.

Under the new restrictions, reported by local Syrian news outlets, all males between 18 and 42 were banned from traveling outside the country.