The division, with its attached armoured brigade, lost a great number of tanks when trying on many accounts to rush the Israeli defenses.

[2] Elements of the brigade also deployed with the 7th Division's 137th Artillery Regiment to Deir ez-Zor and then to Beit Jinn in the second half of 2017.

[2] The 88th Brigade, long stationed in northern Hama/Idlib, became part of the newly created 6th Division of the 4th Volunteer Assault Corps in late 2015, but suffered significant losses during the rebel offensive in the spring of 2016.

[2] The rest of the 7th Division has fought almost exclusively in southern Syria since at least late 2017, although elements of the 137th Artillery Regiment have been deployed to Deir ez-Zor Governorate in March 2017 and participated in the Syrian Desert campaign.

[2] On 10 May 2018, the SAA High Command appointed Major General Hussam Louka in charge of the reorganization of the 7th Division.