Hundreds of battle-hardened Syrian mercenaries are signing up to join Russian forces on the promise of earning $1,000-a-month, as Moscow continues to struggle to make significant gains in its war in Ukraine.
Syrian fighters have gained years of experience fighting in their country’s civil war, which has all but crushed both ISIS and the rebel resistance, but left the economy in tatters.
But now those who honed their skills during President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal 11-year-war cannot find work at home. Instead, they are choosing to become mercenaries, fighting for foreign countries in order to earn a living.
#Ukraine: Not much left of this Russian BMD-2 airborne IFV. As claimed, it was hit by a FGM-148 Javelin missile. pic.twitter.com/3GR2XOta3S
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 1, 2022
#Ukraine: A Ukrainian Skif ATGM in use against 2 TOS-1A thermobaric MRL, destroying them both.
It seems they were likely unloaded; if loaded there would be a massive explosion as the 24 thermobaric rockets detonated. Either way, a serious loss as these are very powerful systems. pic.twitter.com/jVokspMMKD
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 1, 2022
