9th Armoured Division (Syria)

9th Armoured Division
9th Armoured Division
	Divisional tactical color marking
Active	1970 — 2024
Country	Ba'athist Syria
Allegiance	Syrian Armed Forces
Branch	Syrian Army
Type	Armoured division
Role	Armoured warfare
Part of	1st Corps
Garrison/HQ	Daraa
Engagements	Yom Kippur War Valley of Tears; ; Lebanese Civil War; Gulf War Operation Desert Storm; ; Syrian Civil War Idlib Governorate clashes (June 2012–April 2013); 2015 Southern Syria offensive; Daraa and As-Suwayda offensive (June 2015); Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign; Battle of Harasta (2017–2018); Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018); Southern Damascus offensive (April–May 2018); As-Suwayda offensive (August–November 2018); Operation Dawn of Idlib; March 2020 Daraa clashes; 2021 Daraa offensive; ;
Commanders
Current; commander	Maj. Gen. Hussein Ismail al-Jeddawi
Chief of Staff	Brig. Gen. Yusha Saad al-Din
Notable; commanders	Lt. Gen. Hasan Turkmani †; Maj. Gen. Ramadan Ramadan; Maj. Gen. Ahmed Ibrahim Nayouf

The 9th Armoured Division (Arabic: الفرقة التاسعة المدرعة) was an elite division of the Syrian Arab Army, part of the 1st Army Corps and it was established in 1970.