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DeirEzzor24 exclusive report:
DeirEzzor24 Network learned from private sources that the Fifth Corps of the Russian First Division supported its forces in Deir Ezzor Governorate.
The sources said that the Corps rearranged its ranks and brought the Seventh Brigade to Deir Ezzor and organized the positioning of the Fifth and Sixth Brigades according to the following order.
The Fifth Brigade includes four infantry battalions, the first in the town of Tabiya Jazira, the second in the towns of Khasham, Mazloum, and Marat northeast of Deir Ezzor, the third in the town of Hatla (the barracks of the Russian Reconciliation Center), and the fourth at Deir Ezzor Military Airport, in addition to the engineering, mortar, and radar company.
The Sixth Brigade is deployed in the Al-Mayadeen area and includes four battalions, including a tank and artillery battalion.
The Seventh Brigade, which was recently recruited, occupies points that were in the duties of the Fifth and Sixth Brigade in each of the Al-Taym, Al-Shula and Kabajib fields on the Deir ez-Zor-Damascus road.
Added to the Corps are the command’s guard companies at the Narcotics Branch Center in the college cluster on Panorama Road and the Suburb Villas neighborhood, and the Russian Military Police.
The strength of each battalion in the Fifth Corps is approximately 150 members, the majority of whom are local volunteers within the ranks of the Fifth Assault Corps, so that the numerical staff of the Corps within Deir Ezzor Governorate is approximately 2,400, including officers and non-commissioned officers detached from other Assad forces divisions.
The Corps within Deir Ezzor Governorate is led by Brigadier General Al-Kumait Hashem Al-Salama, and the salary of an officer in it is 130 US dollars, paid in dollars, while the monthly salary of officers ranges between 200 and 500 dollars, depending on the rank and tasks assigned.
It is noteworthy that the Fifth Corps brought in the Seventh Brigade after the Russian reduction of the “Wagner” militia and the swelling of the influence of the Iranian-backed militias in the region.
