The Army of the Levant (French: Armée du Levant) identifies the armed forces of France and then Vichy France which occupied, and were in part recruited from, the French Mandated territories in the Levant during the interwar period and early World War II. The locally recruited Syrian, ‘Alawi, Lebanese, Circassian, Kurdish and Druze units of this force were designated as the Special Troops of the Levant (Troupes Speciales du Levant).