General information
First Active Year: 1979
Current Name: Muslim Brotherhood
Current Name full English: Muslim Brotherhood
Current Name full native language: n/a
Original Name: Muslim Brotherhood
Original Name full English: Muslim Brotherhood
Original Name full native language: n/a
Actor Chronology
This section contains information about (if applicable) group splinters, name changes, and alliances according to the UCDP definitions of these concepts.
UCDP has not recorded any Chronology Activities involving this group.
Conflict issues
Annual information
This section contains annual information systematically collected by the UCDP.
1979
Actor Active in Dyad(s):
Government of Syria - Muslim Brotherhood
1980
Actor Active in Dyad(s):
Government of Syria - Muslim Brotherhood
1981
Actor Active in Dyad(s):
Government of Syria - Muslim Brotherhood
1982
Actor Active in Dyad(s):
Government of Syria - Muslim Brotherhood
Group Archive
This section contains annual information no longer systematically collected by the UCDP.
1979 Group Archive
Government of Syria - Muslim Brotherhood
Comment on Name: Muslim Brotherhood, abbreviated as MB. The group is also referred to as al-Ikhwan, translated simply as “the Brotherhood”.
Troop Size: 30 000
Comment on Troop Size: Information on the size of the MBs fighting force is scarce. One source however puts the MBs strength nation-wide in 1978 to 30 000 cadres. It is unclear how many of these were actual fighters and how many were supporters or other types of cadres.
1980 Group Archive
Government of Syria - Muslim Brotherhood
Comment on Name: Muslim Brotherhood, abbreviated as MB. The group is also referred to as al-Ikhwan, translated simply as “the Brotherhood”.
Troop Size: 30 000
Comment on Troop Size: Information on the size of the MBs fighting force is scarce. One source however puts the MBs strength nation-wide in 1978 to 30 000 cadres. It is unclear how many of these were actual fighters and how many were supporters or other types of cadres.
1981 Group Archive
Government of Syria - Muslim Brotherhood
Comment on Name: Muslim Brotherhood, abbreviated as MB. The group is also referred to as al-Ikhwan, translated simply as “the Brotherhood”.
Troop Size: 5 000 - 30 000
Comment on Troop Size: Information on the size of the MBs fighting force is scarce. One source however puts the MBs strength nation-wide in 1978 to 30 000 cadres. It is unclear how many of these were actual fighters and how many were supporters or other types of cadres.
1982 Group Archive
Government of Syria - Muslim Brotherhood
Comment on Name: Muslim Brotherhood, abbreviated as MB. The group is also referred to as al-Ikhwan, translated simply as “the Brotherhood”.
Troop Size: 5 000 - 30 000
Comment on Troop Size: Information on the size of the MBs fighting force is scarce. One source however puts the MBs strength nation-wide in 1978 to 30 000 cadres. It is unclear how many of these were actual fighters and how many were supporters or other types of cadres.
In 1982 it is, however, likely that the number of cadres within the MB had dropped significantly
