title: Order of battle for the 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria
text: # Order of battle for the 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria
  
  This is the order of battle for the 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, codenamed "Operation Peace Spring" by Turkey. The pro-Turkish forces, including the Syrian National Army, are opposed by the armed forces of the NES, including the Syrian Democratic Forces.
  
  ## Turkey and allied forces
  
  ### Turkey
  
  * Turkish Armed Forces
     * Air Force
     * Land Forces
        * 1st Army
           * 7th Commando Brigade
        * 2nd Army
           * 6th Corps
              * 5th Armored Brigade
              * 11th Commando Brigade
           * 8th Corps
              * 4th Commando Brigade
  * General Directorate of Security
     * Police Special Operation Department
  * National Intelligence Organization (MİT)
  
  ### Syrian Interim Government
  
  * Syrian National Army
     * First Legion
        * Ahrar al-Sharqiya
           * Brigade 123
           * Badr Martyrs' Battalion
        * Sultan Suleyman Shah Brigade
        * 1st Division
        * Division 14
           * Division 20 / Brigade 144
     * Second Legion
        * Hamza Division
           * Kurdish Falcons Brigade
        * Sultan Murad Division
        * Jaysh al-Islam
        * Men of War Brigade
     * Third Legion
        * Levant Front
           * Northern Storm Brigade
        * Glory Corps
           * Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement remnants
        * Force 55
     * Fourth Legion
        * Sham Legion
     * Fifth Legion
        * Ahrar al-Sham
        * Jaysh al-Ahrar
        * Suqour al-Sham Brigades
     * Other SNA factions
        * Elite Army
           * Azadî Battalion
        * Anwar al-Hak Brigade
        * Mimati battalion
        * Army of Victory
        * Army of the East
  
  ## SDF and allied forces
  
  ### Rojava (Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria)
  
  * Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
     * People's Protection Units (YPG)
     * Women's Protection Units (YPJ)
     * Syriac Military Council (MFS)
        * Bethnahrain Women's Protection Forces
     * Northern Democratic Brigade
     * Martyr Nubar Ozanyan Brigade
     * Assyrian Forces
        * Khabour Guards
     * SDF military councils
        * Serê Kaniyê Military Council
           * Liwa al-Tahrir
           * Army of Revolutionaries‌
              * Kurdish Front
           * Thuwar Tal Abyad
           * Annaba Clan Volunteers
        * Manbij Military Council
        * Jarabulus Military Council
        * Tal Abyad Military Council
        * Qamishli Military Council
        * Raqqa Military Council
        * Hasakah Military Council
        * Al-Shaddadi Military Council
     * Military Discipline Units
  * Rojava security forces
     * Civilian Defense Force (HPC)
     * Self-Defence Forces (HXP)
     * Anti-Terror Forces (HAT)
  
     [...] the Syrian regime's military deployments to northeast Syria have largely relied on sending one or two battalions from nearly two dozen divisions and regiments. [...] In all likelihood, this is driven by a combination of two factors: there are few to no full brigades available to deploy at this time [and] the SAA overwhelming deploys units within specific geographic boundaries.
  
  —Gregory Waters, Middle East Institute researcher
  
  ### Syria
  
  * Syrian Armed Forces
     * Syrian Arab Army
        * Manbij Front
           * Republican Guard
              * 104th Brigade
              * 106th Brigade
              * 100th Artillery Regiment
           * 1st Division
              * 68th Brigade
                 * 282nd Battalion
        * Kobani Front
           * Republican Guard
              * 30th Division
              * 105th Brigade
           * 1st Division
              * 57th Brigade
                 * 846th Battalion
           * Border Guards
              * 12th Regiment
        * Ain Issa/Raqqa Front
           * 5th Corps
              * 5th Brigade
              * 7th Brigade
                 * 3rd Battalion
              * 148th Regiment
                 * 2nd Battalion
              * 103rd Artillery
           * Republican Guard
              * 104th Brigade
                 * 476th Battalion
        * Ras al-Ayn/Tel Tamar Front
           * 17th Division
              * 54th Regiment
                 * 23rd Battalion
                 * 79th Battalion
              * 121st Artillery Regiment
              * 123rd Artillery Regiment
           * 3rd Division
              * 20th Brigade
                 * 38th Battalion
           * 10th Division
              * 62nd Brigade
        * Northeast Hasakah Front
           * Border Guards
              * 5th Regiment
  
  Note: The pro-Syrian government National Defence Forces have an active branch in al-Hasakah Governorate, but have refused to fight alongside the SDF against Turkish-led forces. This is motivated by animosity of local NDF troops toward the SDF, as well as internal leadership disputes that have paralyzed al-Hasakah's NDF. In addition, the General Intelligence Branch 330 is known to be active in northern Syria.
  
  Allied armed groups:
  
  * International Freedom Battalion (IFB)
     * Marxist–Leninist Communist Party (MLKP)
        * Martyr Serkan Battalion
     * United Freedom Forces
        * Marxist–Leninist Armed Propaganda Unit (MLSPB)
        * Revolutionary Communard Party/United Freedom Forces (DKP/BÖG)
     * Revolutionary Communard Party/Birlik (DKP/Birlik)
     * Maoist Communist Party (MKP)
     * Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist (TKP-ML)
        * Turkey Workers and Peasants Liberation Army (TİKKO)
     * Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist (TKEP/L)
     * Tekoşîna Anarşîst
  