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Iran recruits locals to expand in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
[NPASyria] Hamad left his home in areas under the control of Iranian-backed militias after he and his brothers were threatened because they refused to join Iranian-backed groups. They refused because of the ideological training they would have undergone before being officially recruited.

Hamad al-Nasser, 36, a resident of the town of Abu Kamal in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria, moved with his family to the town of Baghuz in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, held by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), after his brothers received several threats to join the Iranian-backed militias and undergo training on the Shiite doctrine. They were arrested for rejecting to change their beliefs and because they criticized the Shiite doctrine in front of a relative who is a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), trying to convince them to join him.

TEMPTATION, EXPLOITATION
Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
seeks to change the region demographically through recruiting the youth in Deir ez-Zor, taking advantage of the grim financial status, religious and tribal matters, and those who evade serving in the compulsory military service of the Syrian government forces.

Iran uses all these circumstances to increase the number of its forces of Evil to strengthen its influence and enhance its position as a military force amid the presence of other rivals such as Russia.

Al-Nasser added that his three brothers underwent a two-month-long ideological training. After graduation, recruiters from the IRGC attempted to enroll them into their ranks, but they always refused because they did not like the actions of the militia and preferred not to join gangs.

He said that recently "the threats and pressure were intensified against us. The IRGC patrols started arresting my brothers for ridiculous reasons. All this to pressure them into joining their ranks."

According to activists who spoke to North Press, Iran resorted to recruiters to enlist as many as possible of the youth in Deir ez-Zor into its militias to implement its plans in the region. Iran adopted this policy so that the locals would not stand in the way of its expanding project in Deir ez-Zor, exploiting differences in doctrines to gain the loyalty of the population.

Iran entered Deir ez-Zor at the end of 2017 under the pretense of backing the Syrian government forces against the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 (ISIS). After the fighting ended, Iran began promoting its ideology and expanding its military influence in the region.

In order not to face local opposition, Iran began attracting sheiks, leaders, and youth of the tribes via religion first. It then exploited the poor living conditions and lack of job opportunities to lure the youth who were wanted by the security apparatuses of the government forces for compulsory and reserve military service.

The locals were devastated and preoccupied by the deteriorating economic conditions caused by the war. Therefore Iran tried to demonstrate itself as the sole savior in the region that would improve the security and economic situation. Iran gradually lured the leaders and influential figures along with the youth and involved them in its colonial project.

RECRUITED TO BE PROTECTED
Ahmad al-Ali, a pseudonym of a murderous Moslem of the Iranian-backed Liwa al-Quds militia, 28, resorted with his family to Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
 when fighting first erupted in Deir ez-Zor. After the end of battles in the west of the Euphrates River in Deir ez-Zor, families were allowed to return to their homes in the town of al-Mayadin in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor. al-Ali’s family returned to their town, but he remained in Lebanon because he was wanted for compulsory military service.

He told North Press, "A few months after my family returned, a recruiter called Abu Ali al-Qaraani, contacted me, upon my family’s request, to safely transport me to the town via a Hezbollah officer’s car for $500."

After paying the money, he passed from Homs Governorate, central Syria, to Deir ez-Zor and reached his house in the town of al-Mayadin. He said, "Two days later, al-Qaraani asked me to join an Iranian-backed militia for a salary of 250,000 Syrian Pounds (SYP, which equaled more than $100 at the time) to protect me from compulsory military service."

Al-Ali underwent training in the Imam Ali camp for nearly three months, then was transferred to fight with Liwa al-Quds militia.

The youth prefer to join the IRGC and the Iranian-backed militias rather than the government forces for several reasons, including the high salaries offered by Iran compared to those of the government forces. In addition, the Iranian-backed forces of Evil have more influence, and they will not be pursued or oppressed by the government forces.

As soon as they join, the militias fully protect them and their families, and provide housing for them from houses whose owners live outside that region.
Posted by: trailing wife 2023-07-25
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