‘They took their backs to take and leave them’

The beds threw the beds and abandoned weapons, the remains of the remains of a sharp retreat from this base from this base to Iran and its related groups.

The scene explains the story of panic. The forces here fled with little warnings, but in the weeks, they left a ten-year-resistant existence.

Iran, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, for more than 10 years, was the most critical ally. He placed military consultants, mobilized foreign militia and invested a lot of Syria’s war.

Elite Islamic Revolutionary Protection Corps (IRGC) built deep underground grounds of deep underground grounds, set up the deep networks of weapons and training to thousands of warriors. For Iran, it was part of the “seat belt” against Israel.

We are next to the city of Khan Shaikhun in Idlib province. Before the Assad regime falls on December 8, was one of the main strategic places for IRGC and allied groups.

The main way is hidden behind the stacks of sand and rocks, it seems. The watchtower is still looking at the base, a hill painted in the colors of the Iranian flag.

The Receipt notebook is the name of the base: Mahammad Rza Zahedi named after Martyred Zahedi Rza Zahedi was named after Israel’s consulate in Syria on April 1, 2024 in the Iranian Consulate.

Recently ordered – We found receipts for chocolate, rice, cooking oil – we offer daily life to continue here until the last moments. But now the new occupants of the base – Hayaat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) two armed Uyghur fighter, leader Ahmet Ahmet Shahraha is a new activity of Syria’s Islamist serviceman group.

Uyghurs suddenly asked for media accreditation in a military vehicle.

“Here were Iranians. They all fled,” one of them speaks in the mother tongue, speaks in a Turkish. “Whatever you see here, from them. Even these onions and remaining foods.”

Boxes filled with fresh onions in the yard now germinated.

The base is a labyrinth of tunnels deep drilled into white rocky hills. Some rooms have beds without windows. The roof of one of the corridors is in the corner of the Iranian flag and has several Persian books on a rocky shelf.

They laid behind the documents with sensitive information. All are in Persian, the personal information of warriors, military personnel codes, home addresses, spouses, spouses and cell phone numbers in Iran. From the names, several fighters were several fighters from the Afghan Brigade, which fought in Syria by Iran.

Resources related to Iranian-supported groups BBC Persian sources, mainly employed by Afghan forces of Afghan forces “military consultants” and Iranian commanders.

The main reasoning of Tehran’s military participation in Syria was to protect the “fight against the cihadi groups” and “Shiite Holy Turns” against radical Sunni militants.

Basically, Afghan, Pakistan and Iraqi fighters create part.

Again, when the last moment came, Iran was unprepared. Withdrawal orders have reached some bases at the last moment. “Developments happened so fast,” a large member of Iraq tells me from Iran. “The order was just to take the backpack and leave.”

Many sources close to the IRGC have several sources of the BBC, and most of the forces must escape Iraq, and some of the Russians or Russian bases were ordered to evacuate from Syria to Lebanon or Russian bases.

An HTS fighter, Muhammad al-Rabbat, the group was the adventure of the group from the Syrian capital Damascus.

They say their operations think that they will receive about a year and the best, “Aleppo seizes in three to six months.” However, their surprise, in a few days, went into the Aleppo.

The rapid collapse of the regime occurred with the chain of events after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7.

The attack caused the escalation of Israeli IRGC and Iran in Iran, and Iran ally – leader Hezbollah Hezbollah Hezbollah Hezbollah Hezbollah Group Hezbollah Hezbollah Hezbollah Hezbollah.

“The state of psychological collapse” for Iran and Hezbollah was the largest city of discount, 35-year-old warrior Rabbat.

But the most important blow came from inside: Assad and the allies associated with Iran had a reif.

“Among them had a complete breakdown of trust and military cooperation. IRGC’s related groups were accused of Assad, believing that he was abandoned for betrayal and Israel.”

As we passed through the Khan Sheikh, we face a streets painted in the colors of the Iranian flag. Lead to a school building used as a headquarison.

In the entrance to the toilets, slogans read: “Down with Israel” and “low with the United States.”

It was clear that this headquarters was evacuated in a short time. We found the classified documents as “highly sensitive.”

Abdullah, 65 and their family, with groups led by IRGC are here and are from several local places living here. This says life is difficult.

The house is only a few meters away from the headquarters and there are deep trenches with thorny wire.

“Movement in the night is prohibited,” he says.

The neighbor’s house turned into a military post. “As the suspects pointing to us, they sat there with their weapons, who pointed out on the way,” he said.

Most fighters did not speak Arabic. “They were Afghans, Iranians, Hezbollah. But we called it all in Iran because he controls Iran.”

Abdullah’s wife Jourieh says he is pleased that “Iranian militia has left” but still remembers the “stressful” moment before its withdrawal. Iran supports groups strongly strengthened their positions and preparing for the war, they thought they would go on the cross-fire, but then “disappeared in a few hours.”

“It was a profession. Iran occupied,” he said. The house was also turned into a military base.

I saw this anger a softer attitude towards Russia and Syrians in many conversations.

I wanted the Lord, I wanted the HTS warrior.

“The Russians threw bombs from heaven and more, when Iranians and militia were in their bases.

This feeling is reflected in the policy of Syria’s new rulers against Iran.

The new government has laid a ban on Israel to Iranian citizens and Syria. However, there is no such ban against the Russians.

The Iranian embassy, ​​which was attacked by angry protesters, was closed after the drop in the regime.

Iranian officials’ reaction to the events in Syria was contradictory.

Ali Khamenei “Syrian youth” “Syrian youth” “Inability to resist” Syria, “instability”, “Iranian Foreign Ministry has also received a balanced view.

The country says “Syria supports any government supported by the people,” he says.

In one of the first interviews, Syria’s new leader described the victories of Syria on Saharia Assad as the end of the Iranian project. However, Tehran did not have a “balanced” relationship.

Meanwhile, Iran is not welcome in Syria. For years, after expanding his military presence, everything he built Tehran is still in the battlefield, but also in the eyes of a large part of the Syrian people.

Returning to the abandoned base, Iran’s military expansion continued in recent days. More tunnels under the camp was probably the beginning of a field hospital. The cement on the walls still was still fresh.

But now a short struggle is the proof – a few bullets and blood-covered military form.