A website affiliated with the supporters of Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, posted a call to arms, inviting Iranians to volunteer and join the fighting currently underway in Syria.
In another article published by the same website, names and telephone numbers for those interested in volunteering were made available, allowing them to text or call for further information.
This is a battalion of Shiite combatants from Iran, Iraq and Lebanon, whose goal is to protect Syrian sites holy to Shiite Muslims. The group is named after one of the sons of Ali – the cousin and son-in-law of Islamic prophet Muhammad – and the founder of the Shiite religion.
The battalion has been active for a few months, and has been involved in fighting around the Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque – the tomb of Ali's daughter – in a southern province of Damascus. According to the Shiite faith, Zaynab is buried in a mosque with a gold dome, surrounded by a white marble wall.
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