Haitham Al-Maleh, Chairman of Judiciary Bureau of the National Syrian Coalition told Al-Bawabh News that there are 60 thousand Shiite fighters assisting the armed forces of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to win the sectarian civil war. Al-Maleh accused Iran of masterminding the sectarian civil war, stating that Iran has fighters in 28 Shiite groups, with different nationalities, like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, and Lebanon, led by the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.