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Leader in Iran-backed militia found dead in Syrian Desert
[NPASyria] Residents of a town in eastern Homs, central Syria, found on Sunday the body of a leader in an Iran-backed militia killed by gunfire.A source from the Iran-backed Liwa Zainebiyoun militia said that shepherds from the town of al-Sukhna, eastern Homs, found the body of Muntasir al-Daham, 39, a leader in the militia, with bound hands and gunshots to his head. "Al-Daham is the commander of the special tasks group in the Zainebiyoun, and he is an Iraqi national," the source added. The pro-Iranian factions and Syrian government forces control vast areas of the Syrian Desert and eastern Deir ez-Zor countryside, which continue to witness increasing activity by 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS). Contact was lost with al-Daham eight days ago, after he left an outpost in Palmyra, in central Homs Governorate, heading to al-Sukhna, according to the source. No party has grabbed credit for the incident so far. Related: Eastern Homs: 2023-08-08 ISIS seizes government oil tanker trucks in Syria’s Homs Eastern Homs: 2023-07-23 A landmine explosion kills an Iranian-backed militant and injures another in the countryside of Homs Governorate Eastern Homs: 2023-07-22 Israeli airstrikes on Damascus result in casualties Related: Liwa Zainebiyoun: 2023-08-11 Unknown cyclers of violence attack across Deir ez-Zor Liwa Zainebiyoun: 2021-11-22 Members of Iranian-backed militias killed in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor Liwa Zainebiyoun: 2021-11-18 ISIS claims killing government-backed militias in Syria's Deir ez-Zor Related: Sukhna: 2023-07-11 Homs: 5 killed of Iran’s Liwa al-Quds in central Syria Sukhna: 2023-06-30 Deadly explosion targets Iranian-backed militants in Homs, central Syria Sukhna: 2023-03-28 IED blast in central Syria kills 3 Iranian-backed militiamen Posted by: trailing wife 2023-08-14 |
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