As Russia’s war on Ukraine escalates, there is emerging evidence that the Syrian government and its Russian military partners are recruiting Syrian fighters for potential deployment to the former Soviet state, a move that would further stain the Kremlin’s image and constitute a blatant breach of international law.
Syrians for Truth and Justice, an independent civil society organization that has been monitoring the more than decade-long Syrian conflict, announced in a report today that it had interviewed at least two Syrians based in Damascus’ countryside who witnessed the recruitment effort for service alongside Russian forces in Ukraine.