In the same year, the division was returned to Syria, and participated in the suppression of the Muslim Brotherhood Rebellion.

After that, the division was returned to Lebanon, and remained there until the withdrawal of the Syrian army from the country in 2005.

In 2001 Richard Bennett's estimate of the Army order of battle reported that the 10th Mechanized Division was headquartered in Shtoura, Lebanon, part of the 2nd Corps.

The region was strategically important as a supply route for rebels fighting Syrian government forces in Homs,[14] and for its proximity to government-supporting areas along the coast.

In course of the Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive in 2016, the division's chief-of-staff, Major General Hassan Saado, was killed.