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In an effort to avoid Israeli attacks, Iran is changing the position of its militia in Syria, and has withdrawn several others.
According to the Jerusalem Post, the Fatemiyoun Brigade militia, which includes Afghan Shiites, was transferred from the Deir al-Zour region of eastern Syria on Saturday to Palmyra in central Syria, and the 313rd Brigade from Deir al -Zour to the militia headquarters in the Sayyida Zeinab area in Damascus.
The militias were transported in civilian buses without weapons so as not to attract attention.
The attacks targeted the Sayyeda Zainab area two weeks ago, killing at least four Iranian militants and three civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
A week ago, at least nine Iranian fighters and members of the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah died in an Israeli airstrike in the Palmira area of Syria.
And he moved to the Jerusalem militia brigade, which was affiliated with Iran and currently backed by Russia, and located in Aleppo, to the city of Albukamal on Saturday, in order to control the headquarters of the Iranian militias in the city. after a request from Russia, according to opposition Aleppo television today.
Russian leaders also called on the Iranian militia in Albukamal to withdraw all its forces in the region and reassign them to other places.
Notably, these movements occur days after a senior defense source in the Israeli army announced that Iran is reducing for the first time the number of its fighters in Syria and withdrawing thousands of its affiliated soldiers and militiamen, due to the Israeli raids.
But former Israeli Army intelligence chief Amos Yadlin and the US Special Representative for Syria James Jeffrey emphasized that Iran is not withdrawing from Syria, but only changing the position of its forces.
Last week, the Syrian Human Rights Organization stated that the 313 Brigade continued to recruit new elements in eastern and southern Syria and near the Syrian-Israeli border.
Almost 4,700 Syrians were recently recruited by pro-Iranian militias in the West Euphrates region.
