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| Iran appoints new commander in Syria |
| 2015-12-30 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is appointing a new commander for its operations in Syria, replacing a senior general who died in October, according to a report from inside Iran by an opposition group. Following the "large number of IRGC casualties in Syria, especially the death of General Hossein Hamedani, commander of the Iranian regime's forces in Syria, and injury to Commander of the IRGC Quds Force (QF) Qassem Soleimani, Ayatollah Khamenei appointed IRGC Brigadier General Mohammad Jafar Assadi the IRGC commander in Syria," the opposition group National Council of Resistance of Iran said. The opposition council said that the guards's elite "Quds Force" continues "its extensive dispatch of mercenaries to Syria and that Khamenei.. who considers defeat in the war against Syrian people a lethal blow to the entirety of the velayat-e faqih regime [governance by jurists] is getting the Iranian regime and its Revolutionary Guards exceedingly bogged down in the Syrian quagmire." It added that "Assadi is one of the most veteran commanders in the IRGC and a close associate of Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, the Guards' commander-in-chief. Assadi has many years of experience of involvement in the affairs of countries in the region. In Syria, he is known as Abu Ahmad." Assadi "joined the IRGC in March 1980 and was one of the commanders of the war with Iraq. He was commander of the IRGC in Leb from 2003 to 2007 and then commander of the IRGC Ground Forces from 2008 to 2009" according to the statement. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Background: Assadi joined the IRGC in 1980 and was one of the commanders of the war with Iraq. He was commander of IRGC forces in Lebanon from 2003 to 2007 and commander of the IRGC Ground Forces from 2008 to 2009. In October 2015 Assadi was appointed commander of Imam Hossein Base, responsible for organizing units tasked with "domestic suppression." Very shortly afterwards he was transferred to Syria. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-12-30 14:53 |
| #2 Tour in Iraq? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-12-30 11:19 |
| #1 Assadi has many years of experience of involvement in the affairs of countries in the region. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-12-30 08:32 |