A member of Syrian pro-regime forces fires a machine gun towards rebel-held positions in Idlib province on November 11, 2017
Middle East Monitor: More than 2,000 Afghans killed in Syria fighting for Bashar al-Assad: Official
Iran, said to have deployed the Afghans, denies sending professional troops to Syria, only military advisers and volunteer brigades.
More than 2,000 Afghans deployed by Iran have been killed fighting in Syria on the side of President Bashar al-Assad's regime, an official in the volunteer force told Iranian media.
The Fatemiyoun Brigade of Afghan "volunteer" recruits has been fighting in Syria for five years, said Zohair Mojahed, a cultural official in the brigade.
"This brigade has given more than 2,000 martyrs and 8,000 wounded for Islam," he said in an interview with the reformist Shargh newspaper published Saturday.
Iran rarely provides figures on the numbers fighting and killed in its operations in Syria and Iraq.
The last toll was provided by the veterans organisation in March, which said 2,100 volunteers had died without specifying how many were foreign recruits.
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Update: Over 2,000 Afghans sent by Iran killed in Syria: official (AFP)
WNU Editor: Here are some more details on who are the foreigners fighting Syrian President Assad's war .... Where Is Assad Getting His Fighters From? (It's Not Just Lebanon and Iraq) (National Interest).
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