The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has released a photo report detailing the “spoils” of war gained after battling Syrian regime troops and their allies in southern Aleppo. The photos show at least two US-made Humvees that were seized during the battle.
Captions at the bottom of the photographs claim that fighters from Al Nusrah “seized two armored vehicles from Iranian forces and Iraqi militias near Tal Hadiah in the southern Aleppo countryside.” It is unclear which Iraqi militia Al Nusrah is referring to as the Humvees are unmarked. However, the flag of the Shiite militia Kata’ib Hezbollah [Hezbollah Brigades], a powerful Iranian proxy in Iraq, was also seen in another photo released by Al Nusrah. Other Iraqi militias that are known to operate Humvees are also fighting alongside troops from the Syrian regime, Iran, and Hezbollah in Aleppo. It is also unclear how the Humvees made it to Aleppo, however, it is possible that the armored vehicles were transported by Iranian forces.
The photos can be seen below:
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I do not believe this amounts to Nazis capturing a’ jeep’ ,
Keep them, they’re useless.
Another possibility is that these Humvees were transfered to the Syrian theater from Iraq by the Islamic state, and then were captured by the Syrian Army or another group.
Two Humvees? Not much of a haul.
They might also have captured them from ISIS.
Folks, that looks like two photos of the same machine.
Looks like a KPV 14.mm machine-gun on that Humvee.
Is it just me, or does that one guy walking in the bottom photo remind you of a big footing sighting.