Military Security Shield Forces

Military Security Shield Forces
Military Security Shield Forces
قوات درع الأمن العسكري; Quwat Dir al-Amn al-Askari
	Emblem of the Military Security Shield Forces
Leaders	Maj. Gen. Abu Ali Salhab (Main Commander); "The Uncle" Abu Ismail; Mudar Makhlouf; Hassan Mahfoudh; Sheikh Mohamed al-Milham;
Dates of operation	2016 – ?
Groups	Military Security Falcons; Southern Shield Brigade;
Active regions	Syria
Size	1300+ (2016)
Part of	Military Intelligence Directorate (until 2024)
Allies	Syrian Arab Armed Forces Republican Guard Popular Security and Support Forces (until 2019); ; Russia; Syrian Resistance; Various pro-government militias in Syria
Opponents	Free Syrian Army; Jaysh al-Islam; Ahrar al-Sham; Al-Nusra Front/Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham; Jund al-Aqsa; Islamic State
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016) ; 2015–16 Latakia offensive ; Palmyra offensive (March 2016) ; Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (June 2016) ; 2016 Latakia offensive ; 2016 Aleppo summer campaign ; 2016 Hama offensive ; Operation Dawn of Victory ; Palmyra offensive (December 2016) ; Palmyra offensive (2017) ; East Hama offensive (2017) ; Battle of Deir ez-Zor (September–November 2017) ; Syrian Desert campaign (December 2017–present) ;

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The Military Security Shield Forces (Arabic: قوات درع الأمن العسكري, romanized: Quwat Dir’ al-Amn al-Askari), also called the Military Intelligence Shield Force or simply Military Shield, was a pro-Assad militia involved in the Syrian Civil War that was affiliated with the Military Intelligence Directorate.