Getting blessing of water and smearing faces with mud | “Fatemiyoun” imposes its rituals on the new recruits in west Euphrates region

SOHR sources have reported that the Afghani militia of Liwaa Fatemiyoun has graduated a batch of the new recruits of nearly 52 people in the militia’s camp in Al-Mazare’ area in Al-Mayadeen desert in eastern Deir Ezzor. The new recruits have been taken to “Ain Ali shrine” in southern Al-Mayadeen in order to practice the rituals of Liwaa Fatemiyoun, including the smearing faces with mud in the shrine and getting blessing of water there. According to SOHR sources, Liwaa Fatemiyoun imposes these rituals on the militia’s new recruits. This development comes in light of the ongoing efforts by Liwaa Fatemiyoun to be the most influential Iranian-backed power in Syria.