Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) holds a meeting on 2nd June with Syrian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Jihad Al-Laham in Tehran, Iran. [File photo]
Middle East Monitor: 7,000 Iranian and Iraqi fighters join Assad forces
Thousands of Iranian and Iraqi fighters are reported to have arrived in Syria to defend Damascus and its suburbs, after opposition factions announced their next target will be to seize the capital, a Syrian security source announced.
The source told AFP: "Around 7,000 Iranian and Iraqi fighters have arrived in Syria over the past few weeks and their first priority is the defence of the capital. The larger contingent is Iraqi."
The anonymous source added: "The goal is to reach 10,000 men to support the Syrian army and pro-government militias, firstly in Damascus, and then to retake Jisr Al-Shughur because it is key to the Mediterranean coast and the Hama region."
WNU Editor: The AFP is the main source for this news story .... I will update it during the weekend as more information becomes available.
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Hope they can turn the tide. Time to beat some isis suckers.
ReplyDeleteAssad's forces have killed 10 times the number of civillians ISIL has. There are no "good guys" in this war.
ReplyDeleteThe only hope I have for this war is that in the end we end up with borders that at least somewhat satisfy natural cultural/tribal lines instead of the post-mandate system ones. You notice there aren't any German minorities in Europe causing trouble like pre-World War 2. That was the positive impact of the forceful removal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, Poland, and East Prussia/Kaliningrad. It's possible that that will happen in Syria.