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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:
