To Rebuild Influence: Former Assad Regime Officer Seeks Financial Backing from Iran

ARK News.. The National has revealed that a former officer in the ousted Assad regime’s army has requested financial support from Iran to help reestablish its influence in Syria and create a front hostile to Israel.

Citing a former Syrian security official and sources affiliated with the deposed regime of Bashar al-Assad, the newspaper reported that Ghiath Dalla, a former military officer, recently contacted Iranian authorities requesting hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild pro-Iranian militias inside Syria.

The request reportedly came in the past ten days, amid escalating regional tensions and Israeli strikes on Iran. Dalla’s proposal involved recruiting fighters from remnants of Assad’s forces to launch attacks on Israeli targets and oppose the new Syrian government.

According to the report, the communication was made directly with Iranian officials, not via Lebanese Hezbollah. The current Syrian government is said to be collecting intelligence on the matter.

The source added that Dalla views the ongoing war between Iran and Israel as a “golden opportunity” to rally members of the Alawite sect and form a resistance force in Syria, backed by Tehran.

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