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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Report: Hezbollah paying ex-rebels to fight for Syrian regime
2018-11-02
[IsraelTimes] The Lebanese terror group Hezbollah has been paying rebel fighters formerly backed by the United States in southern Syria to switch sides in that country’s civil war, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The Iranian proxy, which is fighting on behalf of Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Horror of Homs...
’s regime, has so far recruited some 2,000 fighters, according to the report, which cites unnamed activists and a former rebel commander.

Israel has said it won’t tolerate an Iranian presence in Syria and during the summer Syrian ally Russia announced Iranian forces would pull back to at least 85 kilometers from the border with Israel.

"Russia pushing Iran out is an illusion. It can’t rely on the Syrian army," the Journal quoted the former rebel commander saying.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  The Master of the Obviousâ„¢ pic really should be attached to this article. Tribes changing allegiance at the drop of a hat, filled with silver of course!, is as old as the region's inhabitants.
Posted by: magpie   2018-11-02 13:33  

#2  Hzblh must be having a recruitment problem if they are really doing this as any troops that switch sides are going to be mostly unreliable
Posted by: lord garth   2018-11-02 10:56  

#1  And since Hizbollah doesn't have a penny they did't get from Iran
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-11-02 08:59  

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