[7] According to Gregory Waters of the Middle East Institute in October 2018,[2] the Tiger Forces used to deploy approximately 24 groups (halfway between a company and a battalion), which organised about 4,000 infantry, as well as an attached artillery regiment and an armoured unit.[2]p.

6 Alongside permanent troops, the Tiger Forces made use of affiliated militia, who remained largely garrisoned in their hometowns until called on to join offensives as the need arose.

[21] Panther Forces[26] – According to Leith Fadel in 2016, the commander was Colonel Ali Shaheen,[27] and they were involved in the Palmyra offensive (March 2016), where they were redeployed to another front after it was over.

3 The Tiger Forces were one of few in the Syrian Army to first deploy Russian T-90 tanks,[33] others being the 4th Armoured Division and Desert Hawks Brigade.

[34][35] A Russian-supplied Rys LMV was seen after defeating ISIL in the village of Ayn Al-Hanish in the Dayr Hafir Plains.

[41][42] In March 2022, the Wagner Group began recruiting ex-members of the 25th Special Mission Forces Division so that they could fight for Russia in the Russo-Ukrainian War, which was later denied.

[4] When the Syrian opposition launched a series of major offensives in late 2024, the 25th Division was among the few loyalist units which tried to stem the rebel advance.

[48] Following the fall of the Assad regime, 25th Division member Talal Dakkak, who had previously "fed prisoners to President's pet lion", was captured and executed by a pro-opposition militia in Hama.