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March 29, 2021       Share:    

Source: https://www.syriahr.com/en/211880/

Pro-Iranian Militias Strengthen Presence in Eastern Syria

(Syrian Observatory for Human Rights-UK) Pro-Iranian militias continue their intensive activities in eastern Syria, west of the Euphrates River, after turning it into a colony in which they move freely. These militias continue to bring in weapons and ammunition from Iraq through trucks loaded with vegetables and fruit via illegal crossings. The pro-Iranian militias store their weapons in residential areas and archaeological and historical places. Furthermore, pro-Iranian militias continue recruiting young men in the area, exploiting the extreme poverty in the region, which is becoming an "Iranian protectorate" in a territory larger than Lebanon. The number of Iranians and allied militias in the region has reached more than 25,000.

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