A ‘senior commander’ of Afghan group of mercenaries dispatched by the Iranian regime to Syria to fight for Bashar al-Assad has been killed in Aleppo.
Tasnim News Agency said Hossein Fardaei of the Afghan Fatimiyoun Brigade was killed on December 10 in Syria.
Meanwhile another stat-run news agency reported that Hossein Dadahmadi from Afghanistan who was ‘recently’ killed in Syria will be buried in city of Kashan, state-run Fars News Agency reported.
The Iranian regime’s forces including members of Revolutionary Guards, Bassij and mercenary groups from Afghanistan and Pakistan have suffered many casualties while fighting for Bashar al-Assad.
For the regime in Tehran, the cost of the involvement of in Syria is being felt inside Iran, as many of those killed in Syria have been buried in Iran during the past two weeks.
State-run ‘Mashregh’ daily published a poster identifying the 20 of those killed by their names and photos.
Meanwhile, Pakistani nationals recruited by the Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) in Iran to fight for the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad have suffered more casualties in past few weeks, Reuters reported.
The increase in the number of casualties from the group this year indicates they are taking a more active role in the conflict, the report said.
“A posting in mid-November on a Twitter account bearing the group’s name displayed the pictures of 53 men, described as fighters killed in battle. While there has been no official announcement of their total numbers, a regional source familiar with the issue said hundreds of Pakistanis were fighting in Syria,” the report said.
“According to the group’s postings on the internet, some of the Pakistanis fighting in Syria were already residing in Iran while the others come from a community of Pakhtun Shias from Parachinar. The Zainbayioun started out as part of a unit of Afghan fighters called the Fatemiyoun, Smyth said. The Fatemiyoun have suffered heavy losses in Syria as evident from regular postings about casualties on hardliner Iranian sites. At least some of the Afghan fighters were lured to fight on promises of Iranian citizenship or steady monthly income,” Reuters report said.
“Advertisements aimed at Pakistanis online suggest similar inducements. One recruitment ad posted on Facebook last week said any physically fit man between 18 and 35 should apply to fight in Syria. It offered 45 days of initial military training along with six months of further training in Syria, a salary of Rs120,000 per month and 15 days of holiday every three months.”
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http://ncr-iran.org