Tiger Forces

Tiger Forces Qawat Al-Nimr (فوات النمر)
Active	2013–preesnt
Allegiance	Syrian Arab Republic
Branch	Syrian Armed Forces
Type	Special forces unit
Role	Offensive operations
Size	Division
Engagements	Syrian civil war Battle of Aleppo Operation Canopus Star Kuweires offensive (September–November 2015) 2012 Hama offensive First Battle of the Shaer gas field Second Battle of the Shaer gas field Second Siege of Wadi Deif 2014 Hama offensive 2015 Northwestern Syria offensive
Commanders
Current commander	Maj. Gen. Suheil Al Hassan Col. Shady Isma’eel (Cheetah Forces commander)

Tiger Forces or Qawat Al-Nimr (Arabic: فوات النمر‎) is a special forces unit of the Syrian Arab Army which functiones primarily as an offensive unit in the Syrian Civil War. It has been described as a "hot commodity for any government offensive", but their relatively small numbers make it difficult to deploy them to multiple fronts at once.^[1]

After successful operations in Latakia and Hama, Colonel Suheil Al Hassan was tasked a special project by the Syrian Armed Forces Central Command in the fall of 2013—to train and lead a Special Forces unit that would work primarily as an offensive unit. Colonel Hassan handpicked many of the soldiers that would later form the Tiger Forces.^[2] On 25 De]cmber 2015, Suheil Al Hassan was promoted to Major General after refusing to be Brigadier General last year.^[1]

See also

• Suqour al-Sahara
• 104th Airborne Brigade

References