SYRIAN FIGHTERS WHO FOUGHT AGAINST ISIS SIGN UP FOR RUSSIAN FIGHTING FORCE IN UKRAINE

Tue 19 April 2022:

Syrian militants who battled against the Islamic State are said to have signed up to fight alongside Russian troops in Ukraine.

Soldiers, former rebels, and experienced fighters from Syria’s 5th Division and the Quds Brigade are among them. Among them is members of the division of Brigadier General Suheil al-Hassan called the ”Tiger Force” in Syria.

During his 2017 visit to Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin lauded him. Al-Hassan had been crucial in combating rebels throughout the country’s civil war.

According to Ahmad Hamada, a Syrian army defector, “Russia is preparing for a greater battle.”

A Ukrainian diplomat told the news agency Reuters, “We are asking the Turkish side to monitor what they are bringing from Syria to Russia.”

Almost 40,000 people from Syria have registered for combat training in Russia as per the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Its head Rami Abdurrahman said, “The Russians are looking for experienced fighters. They don’t want anyone who was not trained by the Russians.”

Kremlin had said that it has also received approximately 16,000 applications from the Middle East.

Alexander Dvarnikov, Putin’s newly appointed general overseeing Ukraine, had also commanded Russia’s military in Syria.

US-based think thank Institute for the Study of War stated in its latest report, “Any change in the posture of Russian forces or pro-regime militias creates security gaps that anti-regime actors including Turkey, ISIS, al-Qaida, and Syrian opposition groups can exploit.”

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