BALADI NEWS
The United States (US) is reportedly replacing some of its regular troops in northern Syria with mercenaries from private military companies (PMC), the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova has announced.
Speaking at a news conference yesterday, Zakharova said: “The number of personnel of PMCs in Syria exceeds 4,000. It is notable that in the second half of June alone, 540 people had already arrived in the country, including 70 commanders and instructors. The transfer of mercenaries is carried out by car in groups of 12-16 people.”
The main tasks of the mercenaries in Syria consist of training militant groups allied to the US, such as those of the Kurds, and to protect valuable assets such as oil sites across the war-torn country.
The US is renowned for employing mercenaries to be involved in the groundwork in its various conflicts around the world due to their cost-effectiveness and the deferral of harm to regular US soldiers.
Mercenaries have proven to be reliable assets, namely due to benefits such as flexibility, a lack of bureaucratic involvement, cost-effectiveness, and the hiring state’s freedom from blame in the case of an incident.
Source: Middle East Monitor.