Israeli intel: Iran has put together a secret 25,000-strong ‘foreign legion’ in Syria

Israeli intel: Iran has put together a secret 25,000-strong ‘foreign legion’ in Syria

by WorldTribune Staff, November 4, 2016 Iran has deployed a secret, 25,000-strong Shi’ite militia to Syria with the sole purpose of fighting anti-Assad regime Sunni rebels, an Israeli official said. Avi Dichter, chair of Israel’s foreign affairs and defense committee, told a visiting Swiss delegation on Nov. 3 that the Iranian-backed force was made mostly […]