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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Is Iran withdrawing from the fight to back Assad?
2015-12-12
Posted by:ryuge

#6  With Putin helping Assad does Iran really need to be in there? Might just remind the Western Nations to the greater Shia/Sunni conflict.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2015-12-12 21:22  

#5  IRG troops have been crucial in the latest govt offensive near aleppo

and they've taken heavy causalties

but they've also retaken several villages and lots of land
Posted by: lord garth   2015-12-12 18:23  

#4  The Iranians may have decided to put some distance between them and whatever other shoe drops re Russia and Turkey.
Posted by: ed in texas   2015-12-12 16:14  

#3  Didn't know that Suleimani was dead....yet.

Heard he'd been 'injured' in the head last month, but they did cancel a big speech he was to give last Monday.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2015-12-12 08:04  

#2  With oil at $35/barrel, they have a cashflow problem.
Posted by: phil_b   2015-12-12 04:24  

#1  I'd say the death of Suleimani was probably a contributing factor.
With the Iranians out Russia will have it's hands full.
Posted by: jvalentour   2015-12-12 03:06  

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