Assad Militia Simulates Capturing Israeli Post

April 18, 2017

by: Roi Kais

Tuesday, 18 April 2017 | A militia supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, called the National Defense Forces (NDF) published a video on Friday that shows its people training in Syria. The training exercise depicts a scenario in which the militia manages to commandeer an IDF (Israel Defense Forces) post. With dramatic music playing in the background, the soldiers manage to reach the Israeli post, identified by the Israeli flag. After overtaking it, the militia infantry places their own flag and the Hezbollah flag in its stead.

The NDF is a militia established by Assad during the civil war to deal with the weakness of the Syrian army. Only a few weeks ago, this militia claimed that an Israeli drone had assassinated one of its operatives, Yasser a-Sayyid, while he was driving in a car on the road between Khan Arnabeh, on the outskirts of Quneitra, and Damascus.

After the post falls into the militia’s hands, one of the commanders praises his soldiers for their performance. “It is very good that you are moving toward the post under a cover of fire. This is an achievement. ”

Later, soldiers from the militia are interviewed. They state that they feel good with their training: “The course was very good,” says one of them. “We have benefited from the knowledge of our friends, we have received new information and we have formulated a new tactic, a new method, better than what we had in the past.” At the end of the video, the soldiers who participated in the exercise yell out, “In the spirit and blood we will redeem you, Bashar” while waving their weapons.

The NDF militia includes battalions operating near the border with Israel. After the assassination of a-Sayyid, rumors began to swirl that he was taken out since he was planning to carry out attacks against Israel.

Posted on April 18, 2017

Source: (Ynetnews originally published this article on 14 April 2017. Time-related language has been modified to reflect our republication today. See original article at this link.)

Photo Credit: IDF blog