After a US strike kills Qassem Soleimani, a look at the secretive Quds Forces that he headed and his successor Maj. Gen. Esmail Ghaani.
Estimates vary, but Watling said it was likely a “divisional strength military formation” of around 17,000 to 21,000 members, “which is split into regionally aligned brigades of soldiers.”
“When they put teams together and get technical experts or media experts, those people might not be trained soldiers who are part of that regionally aligned brigade structure,” Watling said. “They might be from elsewhere, but they’re recruited on a mission basis.” She added that it was"likely to continue carrying out its previous strategy in terms of reliance on proxies and non-conventional capabilities."
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