Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander Brigadier Mohamed Ali Jafari issued a press statement today saying he expects the large Shi’ite militias fighting against ISIS in Iraq will move on to Syria to fight in support of the Assad government after the fall of Mosul.
Syria already has significant support from a number of Shi’ite militias recruited from around the region. The militias within Iraq are organized at least somewhat around a government ministry, though they largely operate independently, and their leadership is influential within Iraqi politics.
The Iraqi brigadier’s statement is likely non-controversial among the militias themselves, as they own leadership had already said as much. The militias are active west of Mosul right now, attempting to surround the city and neighboring Tal Afar.
Though the Iraqi militias are large and well-armed, they have also been a mixed blessing for the Iraqi government, which has needed their support in most major offensives, but has also had to deal with repeated human rights violations by the militias.
The ones really fighting the Orwellian “War On Terror”, Orthodox Christian controlled Russia, secular Syria, Hezbollah the allies and protectors of the Christians in secular Lebanon, Lebanese military Houthis in Yemen, non-arab majority Shia Iran, and Iraq.
The election of Michael Aoun as President of secular Lebanon is great news for those who know about the Clean Break wars
This would be every good. I’ve said for some time now that Iran needs to pour at least another 10-20,000 troops into Syria to up the ratio between Syrian forces and the jihadists. Russia should do the same. This would make ending the war a lot quicker and also would limit the need to rely on air strikes on civilian areas.
Of course Iraqi Militias will fight on Assad’s side .We gave Iraq to Iran when Bush installed a Shia government . And sheits stick together against Sunni’s