Tiger Forces

Tiger Forces Qawat Al-Nimr (فوات النمر)
Active	2013–preesnt
Allegiance	Syrian Arab Republic
Branch	Syrian Army
Type	light infantry
Role	Offensive operations
Size	Division
Engagements	Syrian Civil War Battle of Aleppo Operation Canopus Star Kuweires offensive (September–November 2015) East Aleppo offensive (November 2015–present) Second Battle of the Shaer gas field 2014 Hama offensive 2015 Northwestern Syria offensive Al-Ghab offensive (July–August 2015) Palmyra offensive (March 2016)
Commanders
Current commander	Maj. Gen. Suheil Al Hassan Col. Shady Isma’el (Cheetah Forces Brigade commander) Col. Lu’ayy Sleitan (Cheetah Forces Brigade commander)

Tiger Forces or Qawat Al-Nimr (Arabic: فوات النمر‎‎) is a special forces unit of the Syrian Arab Army which functiones primarily as an offensive unit in the Syrian Civil War. It has been described as a "hot commodity for any government offensive", but their relatively small numbers make it difficult to deploy them to multiple fronts at once.

After successful operations in Latakia and Hama, Colonel Suheil Al Hassan was tasked a special project by the Syrian Armed Forces Central Command in the fall of 2013—to train and lead a Special Forces unit that would work primarily as an offensive unit. Colonel Hassan handpicked many of the soldiers that would later form the Tiger Forces. On 25 December 2015, Suheil Al Hassan was promoted to Major General after refusing to be Brigadier General last year.

The Tiger Forces have a special operations brigade called the "Cheetah Forces". Subunits of the Cheetah Forces includes Team 3 and Team 6. Team 6 were the first soldiers that ended the 35 month long Siege of Kuweires Military Airbase, while Team 3 along with Suqur al-Sahara completed the East Aleppo ISIS encirclement.

See also

• Suqour al-Sahara
• 104th Airborne Brigade