After controlling the Syrian coast... how were the "foreign fighters" distributed?

Arabian Sea Newspaper - Special

**Arab Sea - Follow-ups:** **Local and military sources in the Syrian coast said that Israeli aircraft of both types, drones and warplanes, have become inseparable from the region's sky, conducting daily sorties, while the drones remain in the coast's airspace for long hours daily under the eyes of residents who have begun to distinguish between their different types and models.** **A Syrian security source affiliated with the independent counter-terrorism apparatus stated that the deployment of thousands of foreign fighters along the Syrian coast for about a month has attracted Israeli aircraft, which are closely monitoring the locations and movements of these fighters.** **The source mentioned that out of 16,000 fighters, the total number of foreign fighters in Syria, a large number of them are currently stationed on the Syrian coast, where they were transferred from the Syrian-Lebanese border area weeks ago, and are now distributed in more than 30 military and civilian points, including points and military sites belonging to the dissolved Syrian army, and others that have been newly established.** **They are also distributed in public service facilities and others that are private properties, which have been seized by them, but the most dangerous, according to the source, is their presence among civilians, "which explains the crimes, killings, and continuous violations on the coast," as he described it.** **The source reveals the locations of the foreign fighters' distribution on the Syrian coast and their approximate numbers in these points, as well as their armament, according to intelligence information and continuous monitoring of their movements, noting that they are trying to change their locations from time to time, coinciding with the entry of Israeli aircraft into the Syrian coast's airspace and their execution of strikes on their locations.** **The source confirms that a large number of foreign fighters are stationed in the Karnak Hotel in Qardaha, where the hotel has been transformed into a main place for their accommodation recently, with about 175 foreigners, including the leaders responsible for the movements in the Latakia countryside. He points out that the equipment and means in their possession vary between 12 four-wheel-drive vehicles equipped with machine guns, 17 120mm mortars, and the elements are equipped with thermal sniper rifles and shoulder-launched missiles, and they possess 91 Hytera wireless communication devices.** **The Syrian security source points out that the hotel is equipped with a warehouse on the ground floor containing all types of ammunition for the existing weapons, and the hotel has been equipped with fortifications and trenches on the first and second floors with 6 electro-optical and thermal cameras, noting that the hotel is equipped with a satellite internet network.** **The source reveals that when news arrives about the execution or entry of Israeli aircraft on the Syrian border, the hotel is evacuated and they spread out in nearby areas, including the Jalila water station.** **In the "Mountain Brigade" in Qardaha, the number of elements here, according to the security source, exceeds 250 elements of different nationalities, while the equipment is distributed among four-wheel-drive vehicles equipped with machine guns, armored vehicles, 3 tanks, 1 Fozlika cannon, anti-armor bases and missiles, and all elements are equipped with night vision devices.** **The source indicates that the Israeli warplanes carried out a raid on this site recently, where it was evacuated for 24 hours, after which repositioning took place within the brigade and more fortifications were established.** **Another part of the foreign fighters is stationed in a villa belonging to a person from the Assad family named Ahmed al-Assad, also in Qardaha, and it is no more than 8 kilometers away from the Mountain Brigade.** **According to the source, leaders from the factions, some of them Arab and foreign, reside in the villa, and they are the leaders responsible for the Mountain Brigade, including a leader nicknamed "Al-Hashemi".** **Four-wheel-drive vehicles equipped with machine guns and 1 thermal camera are stationed around the villa. The elements are also equipped with thermal sniper rifles. The villa is equipped with a satellite internet network, and it has been equipped with fortifications and trenches.** **The foreign fighters are spread out in dozens of points in the Latakia Governorate, where they control two military pieces at the entrance to the city near the Latakia Transportation Building, and these are present with the "Fifth Corps", while the source indicates that Turkish vehicles entered the site in the past two days.** **In the Naval Command in the city of Latakia, an unknown number of foreign fighters are present, led by an Egyptian, while the strategic site includes a Turkish operations room and Turkish officers and elements.** **As for "Mina al-Bayda" north of Latakia, the foreign fighters constitute the only element in the site, and they are led by a Tunisian, who currently resides in the nearby Al-Qasr Hotel.** **The locations of the foreign fighters' distribution include the center of Latakia city, the Citadel area, and the port, where they are stationed in naval pieces (quadruple boat groups). They are also spread out in the "Al-Suhaimiyah" battalion.** **In the "Al-Shabtiyeh" Palace (one of Bashar al-Assad's palaces - north of Latakia), Turkmen fighters working under the command of the Turkish army, as well as Turkish and foreign fighters, are particularly deployed.** **As for the Saqoubin barracks, which Israel has bombed more than once, most recently last week, the foreign fighters have returned to occupy it again, according to the source. Some of them are also deployed with military factions in the 503rd Naval Battalion near the Blue Beach, and in the Latakia Sports City as well.** **In the village of "Mazar al-Qatariya - Al-Muzaira'a Road", there are about 400 foreign fighters distributed over two points, in addition to dozens in Al-Bassa, Istamu, and Al-Sanoubar. They are also present in the police residences and Al-Zaqzaniyah.** **Hundreds of foreign fighters, especially Uyghurs, are stationed in the Jableh countryside, especially in the 107th Brigade, which Israel has bombed several times, only to be evacuated each time, and then the foreign fighters return to it.** **The Naval College in Jableh is considered one of the main deployment areas for foreign fighters, and it also includes Turkish officers.** **The foreigners are also present in a villa owned by a close associate of the Assad regime (Abdul Karim Zeidan) before it was seized months ago. Israel attacked it about two weeks ago, targeting the foreign fighters in it.** **According to the Syrian security source, a large number of foreign fighters are deployed in the Tartus Governorate, where they have recently committed killings against civilians in many areas, especially in the countryside.** **According to the source, dozens of foreigners are stationed in the 200th Regiment near "Dahr Safra" in the Tartus countryside, and this regiment belonged to the Navy during the previous regime, noting that the foreign fighters carried out camouflage operations at the site, where they covered the missile launch openings.** **The foreign fighters are also present in the Al-Tala'i Camp in the southern Tartus countryside, where dozens are also stationed in this location near the village of Al-Hisha, which belongs to the Al-Muntar area.** **Another number is present in the Banias Refinery residences, where they were targeted in an airstrike a few weeks ago.**