Iran and the regime are competing in al-Mayadin west of Euphrates and the victims are hundreds of civilians distributed between recruiting in the ranks of the Iranians and serving in regime’s reserve
Deir Ezzor province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that a rivalry is taking place between the Iranian forces and their loyal militias , and between the regime forces; about residents of al-Mayadin city in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, of who are within the age of compulsory service or the reserve service, and in the details monitored by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the military intelligence of the regime carried out an arrest operation in al-Mayadin city in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside west of Euphrates River, and took them for the reserve duty in the ranks of regime’s Army, to which thousands of members had arrived of its members and allies to areas west of Euphrates on the strategic road of Tehran – Beirut, while the withdrawal of tens of civilians to the reserve service in the ranks of regime’s army comes in a competition between the regime forces and the Iranians on the remaining civilians in al-Mayadin city, and at a time where the regime forces are arresting and taking young people wanted to perform reserve service, Iran is working hard through its militias to bring more young people to its ranks, after it managed to include hundreds of them within its forces stationed in al-Mayadin and west of Euphrates River.
The Syrian Observatory published a few days ago that the Iranians almost never stop expanding inside Syria, where the previous years of fighting let them know the land, and in the recent months they have turned into pickers and selectors for places where they can expand, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights followed this expansion process, and The Syrian Observatory monitored the increase in number of the Syrian citizens who joined the ranks of the Iranian forces and their militias of the Afghanis, Asians, Lebanese and Iraqis, and the Syrian Observatory learned that the number of those who joined them reached about 3200 of Syrians men and young men, where they are enlisted for monthly salaries vary from west of Euphrates to the south of Syria, where these salaries start from US $ 150 to about US $ 300, depending on its proximity to the Syrian border with the occupied Syrian Golan, where the salary increases as the distance to the occupied Syrian Golan gets closer.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored continuous attempts by the Iranians to entice civilians in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor on the road to Tehran – Beirut, trying to establish an popular base in the area, which will prevent the loss of the strategic road between Iranian capital Tehran and the Lebanese capital Beirut, which is used by the Iranian forces mainly. these enticing attempts come through their attempts to return the rights of the residents, of those whose belongings were seized by volunteers and conscripts in the Iranian militias, to earn the love of the population and satisfy them and to push them to join their ranks, they also distribute food, clothes, blankets, and other daily tools and study tools, all of them have Persian writings, and the Iranian forces through their spreading are preventing the regime forces from abusing the population and return their belongings to them, where the people now go to the Iranian forces to get back their stolen property taken rights by the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the increase of number of volunteers in the ranks of Iranian Forces and militias recently to about 3200 Syrian volunteers, where it rose to about 950 persons of different ages, where the Syrian Observatory monitored that this enlisting includes both former defected members of the regime forces and those wishing to “settle their situation,” as well as former fighters in ranks of regime’s opponents, and other citizens the sources said that most of them were from al-Quriyah area in the countryside of al-Mayadin city, the sources told the Syrian Observatory that the process of luring the citizens to come was through a monthly salary, and letting them choosing the place of service between going to the battlefronts or stay at the training center west of Euphrates River, in addition to the immunity from the regime forces and from being arrested, where reliable sources confirmed to the Observatory that the Iranian Forces control the way of life within al-Bokamal and the security and economic aspects within the city as well, not to mention their control of the military aspect and the leadership of forces located at this place.
The Syrian Observatory monitored the Iranians positioning at key points in al-Mayadin area to the west of al-Bokamal, where their positioning is represented by an Afghani charitable kitchen, in which the Iranian-backed Afghani militias prepare and distribute meals to the people and the displaced people, also the Secondary Sharia School of al-Mayadin city was transformed into an affiliation center for the Iranian and Shiite militias, which sometimes includes Shiite-related symposia and conferences
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 18th of December 2018 that the origin of al-Mayadin people (al-Rahbiyyin or al-Qal’iyyin) to the tribes of Bani Rabia, which migrated from the Arabian Peninsula after al-Basos war to the Jazira area of Euphrates, which was later named Diyar Rabia after them, of which the master of Taghlib was known; Amr Ibn Kalthoum, and after his death them Malik bin Tawq was well known during the era of Harun al-Rashid -the Abbasid Caliph, who appointed Ibn Tawq as a prince of the Rahba castle, which he built in the early 9th century AD, and from it comes the name of the al-Rahbiyyin people who are the descendants of the prince of al-Rahba, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the escalation of activities of the Iranian Forces in al-Mayadin area, in an attempt by the Iranians to take over the area by deploying their forces and militias, and through the intellectual influence on the people, where in recent weeks, al-Mayadin city has seen the rise of converting to Shiism, along with the increase in number of volunteers, which reached about 1000 of the Syrian citizens in the ranks of the Iranian militias, where they are giving salaries starting from $150 USD per volunteer, in addition to the distribution of humanitarian and food aid and school supplies to the people, and getting close to them by peaceful means and tricks that enabled the Iranians to brainwash the people and push them to join them, and to convert the doctrine of Iran which is the “Shiite doctrine,” and sources familiar with the city and researcher in its history, that Iran chose al-Mayadin city as its headquarters, for reasons related -first- to current events to prevent the return of people to it, and -second- for reason related to historical reasons, where Iran is aware of the religious, ethnic, cultural, and structural toughness of the people of al-Mayadin city, whose inhabitants fought their historical fights against the Persians.
The Syrian Observatory learned from sources familiar with the history of al-Mayadin city and the area, that al-Rahba area -next to al-Mayadin area- remained the capital of al-Rahbiyyin until the end of the Abbasid era and the beginning of the Ottoman era, where al-Rahbiyyin run Euphrates Valley, the proof of that is the historical documents of signatures and seals, which was confirmed by the 4 Rahbiyyin brothers (Khalil, Nasser, Weis, and Sinan), where from the 4 brothers descend the present clans of al-Mayadin (al-Bu Khalil, al-Bu Nasser, al-Weisat, and al-Sinaniyyat). While al-Mayadin city remained a political, military, and social center before the formation of Deir Ezzor city in 1867, during this period the basin of Euphrates River was transformed, which lead to successive migrations from al-Rahba to al-Alwa area near the Castle, which later became al- Mayadin city, and al-Mayadin became their center and the families started coming to it from al-Rawiyyin and al-Aaniyyin; before al-Zubaydiyyin, who came next to al-Rahbiyyin to form later al-Ekydat tribe, which settled in the area, also other tribes of al-Rahbiyyin migrated to other areas, such as Busayrah and al-Bokmal, as relatively large gatherings in addition to scattered migrations of families to Deir Ezzor, Tikrit, al-Sfireh, al-Ramadi and al-Fallujah.
The same sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that al-Sheikh Amir Ahmad al-Rahbi is the grandfather of the tribes of al-Rahbiyyin (al-Qal’iyyin), the son of the Prince Omar bin Weis al-Kabeer bin Saleh Bin Ghanim al-Rahbi, of the descendants of the Prince Malik Bin Touq bin Abdullah bin Zafer bin Sharih bin Mourad bin Abdullah bin Amru bin Kulthoum bin Rabia (“Bin” means the “son of”), from whom came the current tribes of al-Rahbiyyin (al-Qal’iyyin), whose tribe is concentrated in al-Mayadin, and they were formed a blood link and there is no coalitions, where the tribe extend from al-Raqqah to al-Mayadin, Ramadi, and Tikrit, which made them a great force in the face of the Persian invasion during the past centuries, where the roles played by the princes in response to repelling the attacks; the Iranian historical references continue to mention them and they call the princes of the area as “thugs,” for their bravery in fighting during their repel of the attacks of the Persians on the area, as well as the cultural dimension of the incident of the great grandfather of al-Rahbiyyin the poet Amr Ibn Kulthoum, who undermined the authority of Amr Ibn Hind, who was the prince of al-Manathira, who in turn followed the regimes of the Persians before al-Rahba became an exclusive Arab capital; under the rule of Tagalp and outside of the Persian dependency, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the area of Ain Ali near al-Mayadin; the Iranian established Hussainiyah(s) and shrines there, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored buses carrying people from Iran, Syria, and Iraq and carried out Shiite religious rituals in the area, which is witnessing a large military presence of the Iranian Forces, and Iran has been trying since the era of the authority of Hafez al-Assad to restore the shrine, but the people strongly reject that, until the people were displace from the area, began to spread Shiism and urge the people to embrace the doctrine and offer temptations to them.