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Iranian regime in quagmire of war with Syrian people; extensive casualties of IRGC and its mercenaries

5000   revolutionaryguards, elements of Hezbollah, thousands of Iraqi hirelings, and thousands of Afghan and Pakistani mercenaries in Syria

Names of 16 IRGC brigadier generals killed in Syria so far

NCRI - Pursuant to the November 28 statement by the NCRI Security and Anti-terrorism Committee about Qassem Soleimani, the criminal Commander of the terrorist Qods Force (QF), getting wounded in Syria, the following supplementary information from inside the revolutionary guards (IRGC) about the presence of IRGC forces or other Iranian regime’s mercenaries in Syria and the casualties that they constantly suffer is worth noting:

-Following its consecutive defeats in Syria that escalated in winter of 2014, the Iranian regime sought Russian assistance to advance under the umbrella of Russian aerial bombardment with its revolutionary guards, the Hezbollah, Iraqi militias, Afghan and Pakistani mercenaries, and the remainder of Assad’s army. However, two months into some of the most intense bombings where thousands of civilians have been killed, the regime has little to show for it, plus it has been dealt serious defeats in some areas forcing it to retreat.

- The foremost objective of the IRGC was to conquer the liberated sections of Aleppo. Qassem Soleimani personally oversaw the criminal operations south of Aleppo. In the first days of Russian attacks, he had told the IRGC that if you do not allow the Free Syrian Army (FSA) to occupy further areas, the other forces will conquer Aleppo in three days. The first stage of the plan was to overrun the Damascus-Aleppo Highway, but the IRGC was forced to retreat from after suffering heavy casualties. Just in one of the villages of that area, fifteen revolutionary guards lost their lives in the recent days. At this front, in addition to the IRGC, there are Hezbollah elements and Iraqi and Afghan mercenaries.

-Due to the importance of Latakia to the Assad regime and Russia, there are IRGC forces stationed there to take the northern suburbs of Latakia that have been liberated in order to prevent Latakia’s fall. In the recent days, along with intense Russian bombings, the revolutionary guards and the Assad army staged intense attacks to the liberated areas, but were defeated. In addition to Aleppo and Latakia, the IRGC and its mercenaries are also present around Damascus, Dara and Idlib. Among their priorities is to stop FSA advance to Damascus.

The IRGC is mostly fighting the FSA and Jaish al-Fatah and the forces associated with it and they are not present in regions where they could come into contact with ISIS. Qassem Soleimani has clearly spelled out to the revolutionary guards that the forces they confront are the FSA and not ISIS.

- Beside Qassem Soleimani, in the recent months, the clerical regime has dispatched some of the highest ranking QF and IRGC commanders to Syria. Some of these commanders are: