Illustrative image. By Mohamad Jaffari. Source: t.me/Fatemiyoun1434
Liwa Fatemiyoun, an Iranian-backed Afghan group, had deployed reinforcements in Syria’s central region, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on March 3.
According to the London-based monitoring group, the reinforcements were deployed in the area of Hamimah in the eastern countryside of Homs. The area is located only a few kilometers away from the border line with Iraq.
“The reinforcements, which took off from the city of Palmyra, included three pickup trucks and four military vehicles carrying Afghan fighters as well as two trucks loaded with ammunition and one rocket launcher,” the SOHR’s report reads.
Liwa Fatemiyoun, which is funded, trained, and equipped by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, operates in Aleppo, Homs and Deir Ezzor. Between 10,000 and 20,000 Afghan fighters are reportedly in service with the group.
The Afghan group’s presence in central Syria is meant to counter ISIS cells, which have been waging an insurgency in the region for the last few years.
Last year, Fatemiyoun fighters in the central region held a series of live-fire drills and took part in several combing operations.
The reinforcements deployed in Hamimah will help secure the border line with Iraq. Baghdad has been very worried about the security of the border with Syria. Iraqi National Security Advisor voiced his concern over the situation along the border during a recent meeting of the Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition.
Iran just uses Afghans as canon fodder for its war in Syria. But when Shia Hazara Afghas are killed and persecuted by Taliban in Afghanistan Iran doesn’t support them.
Shut the fuck up
He’s not wrong. For the support Iran gave the Taliban during the war, you’d think they’d have stipulated autonomy for their fellow followers of Ali in Hazarajat (central Afghanistan).
But I suppose they like having a source of expendable manpower arriving to them in desperation.
What support did Iran give the Taliban? I’m dying to know, so many people saying it.
Iran is not going to start a war that causes more killing, the Iranians also know they don’t have that much support in Afghanistan as well.
No, I said it before, some people are soldiers because they see it as a job. Look at yanquis, do you think they want to become soldiers? Most of them say no. They couldn’t find a job or had other problems.
The Taliban are hard-core Sunnis and they dislike Shia but did you hear any mass killing by Taliban of hazard Shia Afghans? No, because of Iran.
“killed and persecuted by Taliban”, when you making such claim you have to give some proofs or info. What are you talking about, were they part of ex-Afghan army? Who even were they? you are just saying shit without giving any info.