Report: Iran Building Hezbollah-Like Army in Syria to Help Assad
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The Hezbollah flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Al Arabiya – Iran is working to unite Shiite foreign militias fighting in Syria under one organization that could serve as a “parallel army” to that of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, pro-opposition news website Siraj Press reported on Wednesday.
The new organization, described as similar to the highly organized and well-armed Lebanese Hezbollah group, would bring together Afghan and Iraqi mercenaries under one military command.
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