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image by Randy Young, 15 September 2017
An Iranian-controlled Afghan Shia militia advertises its role in the battle
for Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria.
"Afghan Shiite fighters in the
Iranian-led Fatemiyoun Division have entered the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor,
according to both a report and photos posted by Fars News Agency, a media outlet
affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The Assad
regime, along with its Iranian and Russian allies, broke the Islamic State’s
multi-year siege of Deir Ezzor earlier this month.
Source:
https://www.longwarjournal.org
Bill Garrison, 17 September 2017
image located by Bill Garrison, 26
July 2021
Another version of this group's flag: source:
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/, caption: yellow-filed "Liwa Fatemiyoun"
militia flag with black-letter logo, during the Palmyra, Syria offensive, Dec.
2016.
(photo credit: TASNIM NEWS AGENCY/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)
Bill Garrison,
26
July 2021
image located by Bill Garrison, 4
June 2022
Source:
https://npasyria.com/en/67750/
A variant of the basic "Liwa Fatemiyoun"
flag (liwa = division), but with a black border; in the eastern countryside of
Deir ez-Zor, near the Syria-Iraq border; c. Nov. 2021
Bill Garrison,
4
June 2022