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The Iranian armed forces consist of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, Islamic Republic of Iran Navy,[SUP][21][/SUP] Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, and the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force. The regular armed forces have an estimated 545,000 personnel: the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, 465,000 personnel; the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, 28,000 personnel, and the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, 52,000 airmen.[SUP][7][/SUP] Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force is a branch split off from the IRIAF.[SUP][22]SO much fail...
In 1987, Joshua Sinai of the Library of Congress wrote that the Syrian Arab Army was the dominant military service, and as such controlled the senior-most posts in the armed forces, and had the most manpower, approximately 80 percent of the combined services. In 1987, Sinai wrote that the major development in force organisation was the establishment of an additional divisional framework based on the special forces and the organisation of ground formations into two corps.[SUP][24][/SUP] In 2010, the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated army regulars at 220,000, with an additional 280,000 reserves. That figure was unchanged in the 2011 edition of the Military Balance.[SUP][20]
According to wiki it appears the Iranian armed forces are about twice the size of the Syrian forces.
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