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Last March, pro-Iranian militias in Syria carried out recruitment operations and reinforced their military presence in most of the Syrian areas under their control, the Syrian Observatory reported on Saturday.
The observatory said: “Pro-Iranian militias brought in military reinforcements on March 2, when buses arrived from Iraq carrying members of the militia headquarters (Sayyid al-Shuhada) in a village located in the Albu Kamal camp in the Syrian island -Iraqi border east of Deir Ezzor.
On the 7th of the month, he added, Iranian militias held military exercises. Heavy weapons such as projectiles and others were used in it, while the leaders of the Revolutionary Guard and the Fatemiyoun Brigade supervised the training.
The Syrian Observatory confirmed the arrival of a new shipment of weapons belonging to pro-Iranian militias to the Al-Mayadeen area from Iraqi lands at the end of March.
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He explained that “three trucks carrying vegetables and fruits from Iraq went to the Al-Hal market in Al-Mayadeen, and unloaded boxes of vegetables and fruits as a kind of camouflage, before the trucks left and headed to the area. of the farms, the largest militia gathering in the Al-Mayadeen area. “
There, trucks unloaded weapons into existing tunnels that were previously dug by the Islamic State (ISIS) and are currently being used by militias, according to the observatory.
The observatory indicated that in mid-March, those militias stored weapons and ammunition inside the archaeological “Castle of Al Rahba” in the vicinity of the city of Al-Mayadin in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, which ISIS does, for fear of the repeated targeting of their sites and storage centers for their weapons and ammunition.
According to the Observatory, pro-Iranian militias store part of their weapons and ammunition in populated areas west of the Euphrates, either in Al-Mayadeen and its camp or in Albu Kamal and its camp, fearing possible attacks from Israel or from the United States. international coalition.
The Observatory noted that the militias are “recruiting young people and spreading (Shiism), taking advantage of poverty and living conditions, and confiscating, owning and buying real estate from their owners who move to other areas of Syrian territory, or are present in countries of asylum and expatriation ”.
He continued, “The” Bright Light “affiliated with the Iranian Cultural Center held introductory courses on the doctrine (Al-Bayt) for all people of the region of all ages, and the courses focused on the Shiite sect and its historical figures.
On March 22, pro-Iranian militias seized a large number of shops and homes in the town of Al-Mayadin in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, on the pretext that their property belonged to opponents of the regime, according to the Syrian. Observatory.
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