(Alma Research and Education Center) Maj. (res.) Tal Beeri - Iran is attempting to seize command of the Syrian army through the assimilation of Shiite militias into the army. The Al-Imam Hussein Brigade, the strongest Iranian militia in Syria, was integrated as an organic force within the army's 4th Division, commanded by Maher al-Assad (brother of President Bashar al-Assad). The militia operatives actually became division soldiers.
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