The Syrian Armed Forces Seven Years into the Conflict: From a Regular Army to Volunteer Corps
... the followers of the Shiite jihad “pioneers” in Syria from the Iraqi forces – Liwa Abu Fadl al-Abbas and a conglomerate of Iraqi Shiite groups associated with Asaib Ahl al-Haq . Units that are directly subordinated to the Iranian command of Al-Quds also operate in Syria. These include, in particular, the Fatemiyoun Division recruited from Afghan Shiites (which number 18,000 in camps in Iran, with 3,000–5,000 of these serving in Syria on a rotational basis) and the Pakistani Zeynabiyun....
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