Where are the Syrians in the Syrian Army? Many deserted and many men of draft age fled the country and we see pictures of them in camps in Greece and elsewhere.
Where are the Syrians in Assad's Syrian Arab Army?
A Russian army sapper checks for mines left by ISIL militants in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra CREDIT: MAX DELANY/AFP
The video shows the attack on Palmyra, the historic Syriancity reclaimed from Isil for the Assad regime, and as a column of troops heads across the desert behind him a soldier is giving a commentary.
“Despite many casualties, they are moving forward in the advance,” he says.
The oddity is that he is not speaking Arabic, but Persian. The man himself is Afghan, a member of a 10-20,000-strong Afghan army recruited in Iran to fight the war in Syria.
The reconquest of Palmyra was presented to the world as a victoryfor President Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian Arab Army.
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Where are the Syrians in Assad's Syrian Arab Army??
Where are the Syrians in Assad's Syrian Arab Army?
A Russian army sapper checks for mines left by ISIL militants in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra CREDIT: MAX DELANY/AFP
- Richard Spencer, middle east editor
The video shows the attack on Palmyra, the historic Syriancity reclaimed from Isil for the Assad regime, and as a column of troops heads across the desert behind him a soldier is giving a commentary.
“Despite many casualties, they are moving forward in the advance,” he says.
The oddity is that he is not speaking Arabic, but Persian. The man himself is Afghan, a member of a 10-20,000-strong Afghan army recruited in Iran to fight the war in Syria.
The reconquest of Palmyra was presented to the world as a victoryfor President Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian Arab Army.
Continue reading at:
Where are the Syrians in Assad's Syrian Arab Army??
