The number of Shia fighters supported by the IRGC-QF increased significantly, particularly by 2014, due to the war in Syria, where Iran trained, equipped, and funded Shia militias to support the Assad regime.

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• Person: Not available Organization: CSIS
  War by Proxy: Iran's Growing Footprint in the Middle East - CSIS

Sources

• War by Proxy: Iran's Growing Footprint in the Middle East - CSIS www.csis.org CSIS via serper

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• IRGC-QF entity
• Assad regime entity