Russian Military Experts Train Hundreds of Syrian Soldiers to Join War on Terrorists

A well-informed army source confirmed on Saturday that the Russian military forces have trained over 1,000 Syrian soldiers to join the country's war on terrorists.

The Russian-language Russia Today (RT) quoted Mansour Nabiyeh, a Syrian army officer, as saying that the Russian military experts have trained 1,200 soldiers of the Syrian Army in al-Drij military center in Damascus province to reinvigorate the Syrian Army in the battlefields.

Nabiyeh further told RT that those soldiers who went under military training by Russia in al-Drij training center participated in the liberation operation of Palmyra city in Homs, Deir Ezzur and Aleppo and also in anti-ISIL operation in the Southern part of Raqqa province.

Field sources reported in July that the Russian Army Special Forces assisted the Syrian Army troops in the battle against ISIL terrorists in Badiyeh (desert) in Central Syria.

The sources said that a large number of the Russian ground forces participated in anti-ISIL operations in different parts of Syria, including in Badiyeh in the Central part of the war-hit country.

According to reports, the most important roles of the Russian special forces in Syria were tactical reconnaissance, forward air control, light fire support (i.e. snipers, anti-tank guided missile teams and mortar detachments) and operational advisory.
 [farsnews.com]
9/9/17