The Israeli Alma Research and Education Center published a report stating that the Syrian Ministry of Defense intends to restructure the army by dividing it into five regionally distributed corps, claiming that four of the corps commanders come from the former ranks of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, while command of the fifth corps is attributed to a figure from the Syrian National Army backed by Ankara.
The Kashaf team conducted an inquiry that included contacting the Syrian Ministry of Defense, reviewing official statements, announcements and documents, and tracking open sources. The ministry confirmed that the information in the report is not based on any official decision or statement issued by it, and the team did not find, up to the time of preparing this report, any official document or statement supporting those claims.
Why is this claim untrue?
A claim with no official basis: The report relied on allegations that are not supported by any official decision, statement or document, and the Syrian Ministry of Defense denied them, which makes the claim untrue.
