Homs | IRGC-backed militiamen impose levies on herder families in Mahin city for allowing them to stay

Homs province: Reliable SOHR sources have confirmed that militiamen backed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Mahin city in the south-eastern countryside of Homs have paid visits to herder families in areas around and nearby the city. The IRGC-backed militiamen demanded the herder families to pay levies/money periodically in return for allowing them to stay in these areas and herding their cattle.

 

This coincides with ongoing oppression by Iranian-backed militias on Syrian people.

 

On April 5, reliable sources told SOHR that the Iranian-backed Afghan militia of Liwaa Fatemiyoun, which is stationed in and around Palmyra city, established several new posts in a site called “Al-Shajarah” (the Tree), nearly 13 kilometres away from Palmyra city centre, fearing possible attacks by ISIS cells from Palmyra desert. The Afghan militia boosted these posts and provided them with infrared security cameras and heavy weapons. Liwaa Fatemiyoun also boosted its posts nearby Palmyra city with heavy machineguns.