More than 40,000 Syrians enlist to fight for Russia, human rights group says
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(Worthy News) – More than 40,000 Syrians have enlisted to fight for Russia in Ukraine so far, including members of the sanctioned Al-Qatarji militia, according to reports on Monday from the non-profit Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
No Syrians have been deployed by Russia to the Ukrainian front, the rights agency said, noting that one Ukrainian agency claimed 400 fighters had arrived in Ukraine.
For more than a decade, Syria has been torn by a brutal civil war, which Russia entered in 2015 to help Syrian President Bashar Assad. [ Source: Just the News (Read More…) ]
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