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- 1st_Corps_(Syria) comment "The 1st Corps is an army corps of the Syrian Army, first formed in the 1980s.Richard Bennett wrote in 2001 that \"three corps [were] formed in 1985 to give the Army more flexibility and to improve combat efficiency by decentralising the command structure, absorbing at least some of the lessons learned during the Israeli invasion of the Lebanon in 1982.\"He said in 2001 that the corps covered from Golan Heights, the fortified zone and south to Der'a near the Jordanian border.Richard Bennett's estimate of the 2001 order of battle was:1st Corps, HQ Damascus5th Armoured Division, which included the 17th and 96th Armoured Brigades and the 112th Mechanised Brigade6th Armoured Division, with the 12th and 98th Armoured Brigades and the 11th Mechanised Brigades7th Mechanised Division, with the 58th and 68th Armoured Brigades and the 78th Mechanised Brigade8th Armoured Division, which included the 62nd and 65th Armoured Brigades and the 32nd Mechanised Brigade9th Armoured Division, with the 43rd and 91st Armoured Brigades and the 52nd Mechanised Brigade. ".