Syria, Feb.18. Roles include riflemen, machine-gunners, snipers, intel/comms specialists, drivers, and instructors. On Feb.13th international Media reported that more than 200 contract soldiers, mostly Russians fighting on behalf of Syrian leader al-Assad, died in a failed attack on a base held by U.S. and mainly Kurdish forces in the oil-rich Deir Ezzor region: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-13/u-s-strikes-said-to-kill-scores-of-russian-fighters-in-syria
