The Shabiha militia martial artists operating side in side with Syria's army to hold back the 15-month-long rebellion are Chief executive Bashar al-Assad's "shock soldiers," experts say.
"The program uses them for the actual filthy perform, eliminating and aggressive activity, especially where it has to go into an city place and hold back level of resistance," said Mark White-colored, immunity other at the California Institution for Near Eastern Plan.
Civil war certain in Syria, U.N. warns
Blamed for their contribution in the Houla and Qubeir massacres and other problems, there may be a large number of them, mostly but not all associates of the Alawite sect that rules the govt, experts say.
U.N. experts come under fire
