When Iran sends fighters to Syria
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An Iranian woman meditates at the grave at the grave of a fighter who died in Syria, Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran.
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By: Murielle Paradon Follow
4 min
Ten years after the start of the war in Syria, Bashar al-Assad's regime still stands.
He can count on his Russian and Iranian allies.
Iran, a Shiite, engaged very early in the conflict alongside the Assad clan, also from a branch of Shiism.
Tehran is sending fighters to fight against rebels and jihadists in Syria.
And they don't always come back.
Report in Tehran, with the relatives of these combatants victims of this war which is not really theirs.
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