BALADI NEWS
The Fatemiyoun Brigade, a key Iranian militia operating in eastern Syria, has reinforced its outposts in the Syrian desert, following a series of Islamic State (ISIS) ambushes in recent weeks, the Syrian Observer cited Zaman al-Wasl newspaper as reporting.
Dozens of military vehicles and Fatemiyoun militants have mobilized in the eastern countryside of Homs near the historic city of Palmyra, al-Sukhna, the al-Talila area, and the Hail oil field, according to the newspaper.
The Afghan Fatemiyoun militia’s other main operating area is in Deir Ezzor province along the Iraq border.
Iranian-backed sectarian militias have taken control of large parts of eastern Deir Ezzor province since October 2017 following the defeat of ISIS and the collapse of the self-proclaimed Islamic Caliphate.
All of them are working under the Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) led by Suleiman Rezaei, nicknamed the Iranian, who receives orders directly from Qasem Soleimani, responsible of all foreign sectarian militias supporting the regime.
The Iranian regime spends an average of 10-12 billion dollars in Syria annually, while the annual support afforded by the government to Iranian citizens is approximately 8 billion dollars, reports say.
Source: The Syrian Observer.