Syrian Militias Trained in Iran?

Syrian Militias Trained in Iran? According to Reuters, "irregular militias"

are being sent to a secret base inside Iran to be trained in guerrilla

warfare.

http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/2013/4/4/syria-live-coverage-fighting-on-the-lebanon-border.html#1220

 

 

 

    Reuters interviewed four fighters who said they were taken on the combat

course in Iran, as well as opposition sources who said they had also been

documenting such cases. Israel's intelligence chief and a Western diplomat

have said Iran, Assad's main backer, is helping to train at least 50,000

militiamen and aims to increase the force to 100,000 - though they did not

say where the training occurred.

 

    No one at Iran's foreign ministry was available for comment, but Iranian

officials have repeatedly denied military involvement in the Syrian

conflict, saying they have only provided humanitarian aid and political

support for Assad.

 

A source in the Syrian government told Reuters that the claim was untrue,

but Reuters describes, with significant detail, how men from

majority-Alawite areas were shipped to Iran to train alongside Hezbollah

fighters from Lebanon.

 

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