A news report published today says that North Korean officers are in Syria helping Bashar al-Assad wage war against his own people.

“A Syrian opposition human rights organization claimed Monday that officers from the North Korean army are aiding Bashar Assad’s forces in their fight against the rebels in Aleppo. According to the organization, a few of Assad’s civilian militia fighters revealed the presence of the North Korean officers in the war zones,” read the report in the Israel daily Yediot Ahronoth.