Syria Crisis: North Korean soldiers ‘fighting for Syrian president’

Syria Crisis: North Korean soldiers ‘fighting for Syrian president’

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The High Negotiation Committee (HNC) of the Syrian opposition maintains two North Korean military units are fighting for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, according to Russian news agency TASS.”Two North Korean units exist, which are Chalma 1 and Chalma-7,” asserted Assad Az-Zoubi, head of the Syrian opposition’s HNC, Tuesday (Geneva time).Az-Zoubi described to international news agency Sputnik the North Korean troops stationed in Syria were “lethally dangerous.”

The news came during discussions about foreign participation in Syria, amid the peace talks being held in Geneva, Switzerland, under U.N. oversight. The amount of North Korean forces had not been shown. This is the first accusation that North Korean troops are being deployed overseas since the Vietnam War in the 1960-early ’70s.With the Assad regime accused of killing innocent civilians in the war, North Korea is likely to face international condemnation in the event the deployment of its own troops is confirmed.