Iranian Major General in southern Deir Ezzor to help defeat ISIS: Pictures
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M.A.
The renown Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani has shown up again on the Syrian frontlines, this time to help the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) crush the last Daesh forces in Deir Ezzor Province.
On Sunday morning, a couple photos emerged online displaying the Major General in high spirits among the ranks of SAA soldiers.
The photos were reportedly taken at a military encampment near Al-Mayadeen, the former ISIS capital.
It is believed that Qasem Soleimani will set up plans with his Syrian counterpart, Major General Suheil Al-Hassan, for the final attack into ISIS-held southeastern Syria and help the SAA wrestle control of Abu Kamal.
In late 2015 and early 2016, Qasem Soleimani led a SAA offensive – heavily reinforced by Lebanese, Iraqi and Iranian paramilitary contingents – into the southern and northwestern countryside of Aleppo, thereby providing a vital buffer zone around the provincial capital.
Qasem Soleimani is commander-in-chief of the Iranian Quds Force, a leading contingent in the ‘Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC). Despite sanctions by Washington, Soleimani has also commanded recent government offensives across the border in Iraq and maintains close relations with the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU).