National Guard (Arab Union)

The National Guard (Arabic: الحرس الوطني al-ḥaras al-waṭanī) is a unified command of militias raised by the 20 republics of the Arab Union—each republic has its own apparatus responsible for that republic's respective National Guard formation, which partakes in frequent training exercises alone and alongside other republics' National Guards and/or regular armed forces formations where relevant. All 20 republics have a unique National Guard formation which is led by the republic's respective National Guard Authority.

While the above mentioned authority the (NGRAA) answers directly to the President of the Arab Union through the General Defence Staff, functioning as a parallel hierarchy to the Ministry of Defence and subordinate Union Defence Forces. The National Guard maintains a garrison in all large and many small cities, recruiting personnel from within the local community which it is responsible for defending.

National Guard personnel are similar to reservists in that they typically maintain a separate full-time occupation, training with their units on weekends and holidays; however, the National Guard is responsible for the first-line defence of its area of responsibility, meaning personnel are required to report for duty at any time in the event of armed conflict or other serious situations in their locality.

The National Guard has a total of 2,159,266 personnel as of January 2019.