Israeli intel: Iran has put together a secret 25,000-strong ‘foreign legion’ in Syria

The Iranian force is said to consist mostly of Afghan and Pakistani recruits.

 

Avi Dichter, chair of Israel’s foreign affairs and defense committee, told a visiting Swiss delegation on Nov. 3 that the Iranian-backed force was made mostly of recruits from Afghanistan and Pakistan.

“This is a foreign legion of some 25,000 militants,” Dichter said. “They are fighting in Syria only against the rebels and not against ISIL.”