BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 A.M.) – The pro-government paramilitary force “Liwaa Suqour Al-Sahra” (Desert Hawks Brigade) has been disbanded after more than three years of service in Syria.
The group’s founder and leader, Colonel Mohammad Jaber, has disbanded the group and returned to Russia, where he will continue his lucrative business.
The military personnel in the Desert Hawks will either join the Syrian Marines, which is commanded by Colonel Aymen Jaber (Mohammad’s brother), or the Syrian Arab Army’s 5th Corps.
Similar to the Syrian Marines, the Desert Hawks have served on several fronts in Syria, including northeast Latakia, Palmyra, southern Aleppo, and northern Hama.
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