Iranian-backed Shiite Fatimion militia released a video threatening Israel • "The White Mountain is our ultimate goal, we are close to it"
Shiite militias in Syria // Photo: GettyImages
Members of the Shiite militia Fatimion, a force of Afghan and Pakistani mercenaries, have uploaded a video online in which they directly threaten the State of Israel and the Golan Heights. In the video, the voice of a man speaking in a hurry is heard, explaining that the purpose of the group is "in front of him," referring to the Golan Heights. "There, this White Mountain, that's our ultimate goal, it's the Golan held by Israel. And we're very close to that," the spokesman says in the video.
"Milk and tadmor, were just preparation for the final encounter with the Zionists. We like to fight these cowards. That's all they are, cowards," the spokesman said, citing the names of places militia fought against Syrian rebels and ISIS, in support of Syrian ruler Bashar's forces To Assad.
Syria's Shiite militias in a threatening message to Israel
The Fatimion militia was established in 2014, by the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards, with the aim of protecting a tomb in the area of Zainab, the Holy of Shiites, south of the Syrian capital Damascus ..
The militia has quickly become one of the prominent proxy forces used by Iran in order to establish its influence in Syria. Most militant fighters are recruited from the wages of Shiite minorities in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Studies have shown that militia fighters are poorly trained and poorly equipped by Revolutionary Guards. Many suffer severe injuries and psychological damage.
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Afghanistan officially banned Iran's mobilization of its citizens last year but the recruitment continued in Iran's territory. According to various extensions, close to 3,000 militants were killed in fighting in Syria. Yesterday it was reported that three foreign civilians were killed in air strikes in Syria, which the regime's affiliated media accused Israel of firing missiles into its territory. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attack took place in the Bamiday Ziyanab neighborhood south of Damascus, a stronghold of the Fatimion militia in the city.