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How hundreds of Syrian mercenaries hardened from years of civil war are rushing to fight with Russia for $1,000 a month
MAILONLINE ^ | 1 April 2022 | CHRIS JEWERS

Posted on 04/01/2022 1:03:01 PM PDT by dennisw

How hundreds of Syrian mercenaries hardened from years of civil war are rushing to fight with Russia for $1,000 a month Syrian fighters have gained years of experience fighting in country's civil war But it has left the economy in tatters, with many willing to fight to make a living

Russia is reportedly offering between £1,000 and $2,000 to mercenaries The first group of 300 has already arrived in Russia for training, reports say

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.

The first group of at least 300 of Syrian fighters has already arrived in Russia to begin military training - and to return the favour to Moscow for helping Al-Assad in the civil war, the New York Times reports. And with Syrian an economic basket case, many more are expected to follow.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: nukemoscow
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1 posted on 04/01/2022 1:03:01 PM PDT by dennisw
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Pooty Poot shows he is a fake Orthodox Christian. This was all for show. Now he sics his Muslim Chechens and Muslim Syrians...all are Muslim guns for hire. Sends them to kill the Christians of Ukraine.

Anyone who still respects Putin is a fool.


2 posted on 04/01/2022 1:06:13 PM PDT by dennisw
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I hope the Ukrainians kill every last one of them.

Then bury them in pig skins.

L


3 posted on 04/01/2022 1:06:15 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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I think those Syrians will be useless to the Russians.
They will very likely high tail it to the Polish border and try to get in on the ‘Poor-Little-Muslim-Euro gravy train’.

I think they’ll be more trouble then they are worth to Russians.


4 posted on 04/01/2022 1:10:26 PM PDT by Reily
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To: dennisw

Battle hardened Syrians? You mean by napalming villages?


5 posted on 04/01/2022 1:12:07 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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Big deal.....NOT. They are still “fighters”, the spray and pray kind. No amount of training in Russia will fix that.

I’ve talked with a few men who provided training for Middle Eastern types. They each said that as soon as the trainees get excited, they forget all their training and just do whatever their culture has prepared them for. Few exception.


6 posted on 04/01/2022 1:12:20 PM PDT by jimtorr
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To: dennisw

In the new Axis of Evil, lives are cheap. Take ‘em all, Ukraine.


7 posted on 04/01/2022 1:19:46 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: dennisw

Pay them in rubles.


8 posted on 04/01/2022 1:29:05 PM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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If I’m the Ukrainian president, I would immediately announce “no quarter” for Syrian mercenaries coming into the country. Once killed, cut their heads off and leave them tied to a phone pole alongside the road, as a warning to others. Time to get medieval………


9 posted on 04/01/2022 1:30:27 PM PDT by Panzerfaust (The HK P7 .....it's what Jesus would carry.)
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To: dennisw

Its the “Daily Mail”

You can discount anything they say to ZERO


10 posted on 04/01/2022 1:36:20 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: jimtorr
Big deal.....NOT. They are still “fighters”, the spray and pray kind. No amount of training in Russia will fix that.

More like pray and spray. They beseech their fake god first, before going off to kill Christians and other non-Muslims.

11 posted on 04/01/2022 1:40:51 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: Panzerfaust

With a pigs head as a replacement.


12 posted on 04/01/2022 1:45:09 PM PDT by Mama Shawna
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To: dennisw

All the love the Syrians have for the West after years of neocon warmongering.


13 posted on 04/01/2022 1:46:48 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: HighSierra5

Monopoly money is good for them.


14 posted on 04/01/2022 1:51:15 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: dennisw

Well said. Expect the Putin Puffers to come to his defence.


15 posted on 04/01/2022 2:13:32 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: Lurker

Too kind...


16 posted on 04/01/2022 2:14:07 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: Reily

Good possibility.


17 posted on 04/01/2022 2:14:51 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: PGR88

But more credibility than any Putin cultist. Just saying...


18 posted on 04/01/2022 2:17:12 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: Reily

“I think those Syrians will be useless to the Russians.”

Use them for clearing minefields.

L


19 posted on 04/01/2022 2:28:19 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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Like Iraqi mothers did with their handicapped children. While screaming praise to Saddam. Iraq/Iran war.


20 posted on 04/01/2022 3:07:10 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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