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Tiger Forces, Part 3: Roots in the Desert Hawks
Three years into the Syrian Civil War, the government had largely managed to halt rebel advances around Damascus by massively reinforcing the capital, leaving vast swathes of the country weakly defended. To compensate, several “elite” units backed by private investors …
By Gregory Waters
6 September 2018
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