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Sat Mar 12, 2022, 08:56 PM Mar 2022

Feared Syrian rebel to fight for Ukraine?

I stumbled upon this article and thought, in light of news reports of Syrians going to fight for Russia in Ukraine, that I'd post it. He appears to be a fierce individual with well over 100 tanks destroyed to his credit. He has fought the Russians in Syria and also claims to have fought terrorists.

Abu Tow: Meet the famed and feared Syrian rebel who wants to help the Ukrainians fight the Russians out

“What drives me to leave the Syrian front and go to Ukraine, is that the Russian regime is the enemy of the Syrian and Ukrainian people and the enemy of freedom, democracy and human rights,” Abu Tow says.

Suheil Mahmoud Muhammad, known as Abu Tow to his friends and enemies, is a Syrian rebel and famed for his precise and deadly operation of the US-made anti-tank BGM-71 TOW missile, with which he has destroyed 146 Russian and Assad regime tanks, armoured vehicles and aircraft, and where he gets his nickname.

After seeing the shock invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, the 34-year-old immediately offered his services to defend his ‘Ukrainian brothers and sisters’ against Russian tanks.

“There is no difference between destroying Russian tanks and armoured vehicles, whether in Syria or Ukraine. These tanks are committing massacres against my Ukrainian brothers and sisters, and when they are finished in Ukraine, they will continue to kill my Syrian brothers and sisters,” he says.

More here: https://english.alaraby.co.uk/features/meet-famed-and-feared-elite-syrian-rebel-fighter-abu-tow

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