Two North Korean militia units are fighting in Syria in support of Bashar Al-Assad’s government in that country’s civil war, Russian news agency TASS reported Tuesday.

Asaad Al-Zoubi, head delegate of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) of the Syrian opposition, reported the presence of North Korean militia units in Syria while attending peace talks at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva.

According to Al-Zoubi, the two units are known as “Cholma-1” and “Cholma-7” (written as Chalma by some sources). The name Cholma means “iron horse” in Korean.

The opposition forces fighting the Al-Assad regime consider the presence of foreign