[IsraelTimes] More than 40,000 register to fight at Syrian recruitment centers, as poverty and lack of jobs push soldiers to look for a better life
Russia has drawn up lists of 40,000 fighters from the Syrian army and allied militias to be put on standby for deployment in Ukraine, a war monitor said Tuesday. The Kremlin said last week that volunteers, including those from Syria, were welcome to fight alongside the Russian army in Ukraine. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and activists said Russian officers, in coordination with the Syrian military and allied militia, had set up registration offices in regime-held areas.
"More than 40,000 Syrians have registered to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine so far," said Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the UK-based monitor. |