IED blast kills, injures Iranian militiamen in Syrian Desert
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – A member of the Liwa al-Quds, militia affiliated with Iran, was killed on Friday as a result of a landmine explosion in the Syrian Desert.
A source from the Liwa al-Quds said that one member was killed and five others were wounded due to the explosion of an ISIS remnant landmine in the Syrian Desert.
The explosion led to the killing of Hamad al-Ibrahim, a member of the militia, and the injury of five others who were hospitalized to the city of Homs, central Syria.
The Iranian-backed militias and the Syrian government forces control vast areas of the Syrian Desert which usually witness growing activities by ISIS.
The Syrian Desert covers nearly half of the area of Syria, and is distributed over the governorates of Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa, Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Rif Dimashq, Suwayda and Palmyra.
The Iranian-backed militias continue committing human rights violations against civilians in areas under their control. They commit appropriation of property by confiscating civilian houses under false pretenses, then turning them to either military headquarters or houses to settle families of their foreign or Arab militants.
They forcefully turn the houses of the civilians to security headquarters, taking advantage of the absence of their owners or the involvement of some in other military groups, in addition seizing the houses by force.
They justify their practices by several charges, accusing owners of either joining the Turkish-backed opposition factions, also known as the Syrian National Army (SNA), the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), or the Islamic State (ISIS).