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Despite Iran's costly presence in Syria, public support for military involvement in Syria remains strong among the Iranians because of religious motivations and security concerns. [123] From January 2013 to March 2017, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps lost 2,100 soldiers in Syria and 7,000 wounded, according to Iran's veterans' affairs ...
CJTF–OIR coalition aircraft provided support to the SDF, by targeting Iran-backed militias in the region. [7] An SDF fighter and a civilian were killed in clashes with SAA. [ 29 ] The SDF claimed to have captured the 7 villages under SAA control on the east bank of the Euphrates; Salhiya, Tabiya, Hatla, Khasham, Marat, Mazloum, and Husseiniya ...
A number of sources have emphasized that as of at least late-2015/early-2016 the Assad regime was dependent on a mix of volunteers and militias, rather than the Syrian Armed Forces. [1] [2] Between 2016 and 2020, with the help of Russia and Iran, the Syrian Arab Armed Forces were rebuilt and united most of the armed militias. [3]
On 27 November 2024, a coalition of Syrian revolutionary factions called the Military Operations Command [43] led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and supported by allied Turkish-backed groups [44] [45] [46] in the Syrian National Army (SNA) launched an offensive against the pro-government Syrian Arab Army (SAA) forces in Idlib, Aleppo and Hama Governorates in Syria.
The 2024 Hama offensive was a military operation launched by forces of the Syrian Salvation Government (SSG) and Turkish-backed [18] rebel groups of the Syrian Interim Government (SIG) during the 2024 Syrian opposition offensive, a phase of the Syrian civil war.
On 28 June 2021, the US military conducted airstrikes on facilities purportedly used by Iranian-supported militias near the Iraq–Syria border. [269] However, the SOHR stated that at least nine Iran-backed Iraqi militia fighters died, and many others were injured.
Liwa Fatemiyoun (Arabic: لِوَاء الْفَاطِمِيُّون, romanized: Liwā’ al-Fāṭimīyūn; Persian/Dari: لواء فاطمیون or لشکر فاطمیون), literally "Fatimid Banner", also known as Fatemiyoun Division or Fatemiyoun Brigade, [3] is an Hazara Shia militia formed in 2014 to fight in Syria on the side of the Syrian government prior to the collapse of the Assad ...
On 11 July, at least 35 Iran-backed fighters were killed, including IRGC officer Ibrahim Asmi, [171] by unidentified warplanes in Deir Ezzor Governorate near the Iraqi borders, according to the Anadolu Agency. [172] On 20 July, military sites linked to Syrian regime forces and Iranian militias were targeted by alleged Israeli airstrikes near ...