Homs Military Academy Explained

Homs Military Academy
Native Name:الكلية العسكرية بحمص
Native Name Lang:ar
Established:1933

Homs Military Academy is a military educational and training institution located in Homs, Syria.

History

Establishment

Homs Military Academy was founded in 1933 by France during the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon. During the period of French administration the academy provided officer training for the Troupes Speciales du Levant - the locally recruited Syrian and Lebanese units forming part of the Army of the Levant.[1] [2]

Continuing in existence after the end of the Mandate in 1943 and throughout various political changes, it remains the oldest and largest military service institution in Syria.[3] At first, it was primarily an academy for infantry officers, while graduates who selected the other services went on to additional specialized training at other army-operated specialist schools. Graduates were often selected for a military academy in the Soviet Union.[4]

Homs Academy admitted entrants who did not possess high level education qualifications, as well as offering a relatively rare rapid career path for graduates. In addition to large numbers of Syrian and Lebanese nationals it also offered officer training to French citizens who were denied by class or education from attending comparable academies within France.[5]

Syrian civil war

On 23 July 2011, there were reports of explosions at the Homs Academy during the Syrian revolution, which later denied by the Syrian military.[6] On 15 April 2012, the Syrian Army targeted the neighborhood of al-Waer from the nearby Homs Academy during the military confrontation in the city.[7] On 30 August 2013, the academy was evacuated and its military equipment moved, to avoid a possible air attack from the United States following the Ghouta chemical attack.[8]

On 5 October 2023, a drone attack during a graduation ceremony at the academy killed over 100 people.[9]

Notable alumni

References

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Notes and References

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  3. Book: Nyrop, Richard F. . Area Handbook for Syria . 1971 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en.
  4. Web site: Military Training. All Refer. 3 December 2017. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053653/http://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/syria/syria121.html. live.
  5. Book: Horowitz, Donald L. . Ethnic Groups in Conflict, Updated Edition With a New Preface . 2000 . University of California Press . 978-0-520-22706-4 . en.
  6. Web site: Syria strikes . DW . 23 July 2011 .
  7. News: U.N. monitors arrive in Syria as killings continue . 15 April 2012 . CNN . 21 April 2012.
  8. News: Security Forces Evacuate Homs Military Academy . 30 August 2013 . ISW Blog .
  9. News: At least 100 killed in drone attack on Syrian military academy - monitor . Reuters . 5 October 2023 . en.
  10. Moubayed, Sami (2006). Steel & Silk: Men and Women Who Shaped Syria 1900-2000. Seattle: Cune Press.
  11. Martin, Kevin (November 24, 2015). Syria's Democratic Years: Citizens, Experts, and Media in the 1950s. Indiana University Press.
  12. Moubayed, Sami M. (2006). Steel and Silk: Men and Women who Shaped Syria 1900-2000. Cune Press. p. 40. .
  13. Zisser, Eyal (2007). Commanding Syria: Bashar Al-Asad And the First Years in Power. I.B. Tauris. .
  14. Alianak, Sonia (2007). Middle Eastern Leaders and Islam: A Precarious Equilibrium. Peter Lang. .
  15. Web site: Hamidi . Ibrahim . 2021-10-26 . A Once Powerful Patriarch Returns to an Unrecognizable Syria . 2022-05-06 . New Lines Magazine . en . 2022-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221229120426/https://newlinesmag.com/essays/a-once-powerful-patriarch-returns-to-an-unrecognizable-syria/ . live .
  16. Book: Diana Darke. The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival. 2018. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-087485-8. 260.
  17. https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/colonel-suheil-al-hassan-tiger-forces/ Who is Colonel Suheil Al-Hassan
  18. Web site: 2005-10-18 . Obituary: Major-General Ghazi Kanaan . 2022-12-29 . the Guardian . en . 2022-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221229115103/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/18/syria.lebanon . live .
  19. Web site: 2000-06-29 . SYRIA : Hassan Khalil - 29/06/2000 . 2022-05-25 . Intelligence Online . en . 2022-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221229120429/https://www.intelligenceonline.com/who-s-who/2000/06/29/hassan-khalil,314043-ART . live .
  20. Web site: Shihabi, Hikmat Al- (Al-Shehabi; 1931–) Encyclopedia.com . 2022-05-25 . www.encyclopedia.com . 2022-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221229120426/https://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/shihabi-hikmat-al-al-shehabi-1931 . live .
  21. News: 26 February 2021 . Syrian regime security figure Bahjat Suleiman dies after contracting Covid-19 . The New Arab . 2 May 2022 . 2 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220502163704/https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/syrian-security-figure-bahjat-suleiman-dies-after-contracting-covid-19 . live .
  22. News: 2012-07-06 . Profile: Manaf Tlas . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-12-29 . 2022-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221229115104/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-18734785 . live .
  23. News: 5 July 2012 . Top Syrian general 'defects to Turkey' . The Guardian . 8 August 2022 . 8 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808110952/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/05/top-syrian-general-defects-turkey . live .
  24. Web site: Sharp . Jeremy M. . 9 August 2011 . Unrest in Syria and U.S. Sanctions Against the Asad Regime . live . 3 January 2022 . Congressional Research Service . 29 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220429235655/https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc94042/m1/1/high_res_d/RL33487_2011Aug09.pdf .
  25. News: 13 March 2012 . Syria: Defection Rumors Rife; Annan Diplomacy Founders . Eurasia Review . 6 July 2012 . 8 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808110954/https://www.eurasiareview.com/13032012-syria-defection-rumors-rife-annan-diplomacy-founders-oped/ . live .
  26. Web site: Syria is bigger than individuals, says defected brigadier . 2022-12-29 . gulfnews.com . en . 2014-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141107144430/http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/syria-is-bigger-than-individuals-says-defected-brigadier-1.1054212 . live .
  27. News: 2004 . Profile: Mustafa Tlas . BBC . 5 July 2012 . 25 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120625183550/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3127058.stm . live .

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