Iran recruited 200 Polisario members to fight in Syria before the fall of the Assad regime.
The article discusses the recruitment of approximately 200 members of the Polisario Front by Iran to fight in Syria, particularly before the potential fall of the Assad regime. This development highlights Iran's strategic use of the Polisario Front, a group historically supported by Algeria, as part of its broader military operations in the region. The involvement of these militants underscores Iran's efforts to bolster its influence in Syria and counter Israeli operations. The article also examines the implications of this recruitment for regional stability, particularly concerning Morocco's longstanding conflict with the Polisario Front over Western Sahara and how these dynamics affect relations between Iran, Algeria, and Israel.
Israeli newspapers: Iran recruited 200 Polisario members to fight in Syria before the fall of the Assad regime.
Israeli media revealed that the defunct Assad regime had received, before liberating Syria, about 200 members of the Polisario militia to recruit them against the armed Syrian opposition led by Muhammad al-Julani.
A lengthy article in the most reliable newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, in Tel Aviv, pointed out that one of the new ironies in the Syrian scene is the Iranian Revolutionary Guard sending about 200 members of the Polisario Front, supported by Algeria and Tehran, to southern Syria.
The most widely circulated newspaper in Israel reported that the Polisario militias were stationed in particular at the Al-Thaala military airport, part of them in the air defense battalion in the city of Suwayda, and another part in the 90th Brigade area, which is only 20 km from the Golan, noting that Iran had trained during the years. The last three are Polisario members at Syrian army positions in the Daraa countryside.
The author of the article expressed his extreme dissatisfaction. Of the interests and alleged gains gained by Algeria in supporting the Polisario Front for the sake of unjustified hostility towards Morocco, I consider it undefined. It is something that is not completely understood, and the purpose is illogical.
The article also asked: What are the interests and gains that Algeria seeks to achieve in supporting the criminal Assad regime, and what is the goal of its alliance with Iran and its unjustified hostility towards the Syrian people? Why has Algeria allowed Iran to penetrate its territory and buy off Algerian debts for years, and how can Algeria accept insulting the sovereignty of the Algerian state after Iranian officials threatened to close the Strait of Gibraltar?
The newspaper said: Don't the Algerians realize that the separatist Polisario Front has become a threat to Algerian national security after it has become an Iranian tool, training in Iran and receiving its orders from Tehran?
The newspaper concluded that the involvement of Polisario in the internal conflict in the Syrian state confirms the demands made to the international community to classify this rogue group as a terrorist organization and terrorist group.
The newspaper considered that the Polisario Front is no longer a terrorist group that threatens the national and territorial integrity of Morocco, a symbol of coexistence and tolerance, but has also become a regional threat, and this requires serious action by everyone to eliminate this group and punish everyone who supports it. partner undefined