Hay'at al-Arkan
{{Short description|General Staff Command Building of the Syrian Armed Forces}}
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| native_name = هيئة الأركان العامة
| partof = Syrian Armed Forces
| location = Umayyad Square, Damascus
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| type = Military headquarters
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| ownership = Government of Syria
| operator = Syrian Armed Forces
| controlledby = Chief of the General Staff (Syria)
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| condition = Operational
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The Hay'at al-Arkan is the General Staff Command Building of the Syrian Armed Forces. It is located in Umayyad Square in central Damascus.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL5E8KQ0PF/|title=Explosions strike top Syrian army building|publisher=Reuters|author=Samia Nakhoul|date=26 September 2012|access-date=14 February 2018}} It is the main seat of the Chief of the General Staff.
On 26 September 2012, it was hit by two explosions.{{cite news|title=Syria: Damascus hit by two explosions|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9567138/Syria-Damascus-hit-by-two-explosions.html|accessdate=26 September 2012|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=26 September 2012}} Some reports state that parts of the building were set on fire by the explosions.{{cite news|last=Chulov|first=Martin|title=Syrian military building rocked by twin blasts|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/26/syrian-military-building-twin-blasts|accessdate=26 September 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=26 September 2012}}