On 13 September, FAA (Ansar Allah al-Awfiya — official) said the group’s PMF 19th Brigade was training personnel to handle explosive devices and conduct controlled detonations. It said the course was intended to improve field readiness in the brigade’s area of responsibility along the Iraqi-Syrian border.
- FAAAnsar Allah al-Awfiya — official13 Sept, 13:22
“The training included handling explosive devices and carrying out controlled detonations in a designated training environment, to improve participants’ competence and enhance readiness and discipline during field duties... raising readiness in the area of responsibility along the Iraqi-Syrian border.”
وشملت التدريبات التعامل مع العبوات وتنفيذ عمليات تفجير مسيطر عليها ضمن بيئة تدريبية مخصصة، بهدف رفع كفاءة المشاركين وتعزيز الجاهزية والانضباط أثناء أداء الواجبات الميدانية... رفع مستوى الاستعداد في قاطع المسؤولية على الشريط الحدودي العراقي–السوري
operational deployment language, movement toward a border incident, or a subsequent attack claim by 16 September; any of these moves this file.