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Iranian commandos deployed to Syria

2016-04-05

[Iran Press TV] An Iranian military official says commandos from an Iranian army unit have been deployed to Syria on an advisory mission.

Brigadier General Ali Arasteh, the deputy for coordination in the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces, told Tasnim news agency on Monday that the Iranian commandos, from Brigade 65 of the Forces, had took on a mission of advising Syrian forces.

Iran maintains military advisers in Syria, where the government of Syrian

Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Light of the Alawites...
is fighting an array of foreign-backed turban forces, including, but not limited to, those of the ISIS terrorist group. Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, the so-called al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
Front, is another one of the groups engaged in brutal activities against the Syrian people and government.

Posted by:Fred

#5 Iff OWG Co-Superpower Iran expects to have any "post-US" sphere(s) of influence, let alone lead any ME/Muslim-specific OWG Global Fed Union(s), IT HAS TO BE ABLE TO SEIZE-N-HOLD TERRITORY = SUCCESSFULLY DEFEND ITS INTERESTS AGZ ALL COMMERS LEST ITS LEADERSHIP BE CHALLENGED.

[CHINA-VS-JAPAN, ARGENTINA-VS-BRAZIL here].

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-04-05 22:33

#4 Why do I have the feeling that I'm looking on at the "outside" world circa 1914?

Posted by: AlanC 2016-04-05 17:55

#3 Interesting. The 65th is regular Iranian Army, not IRGC. Apparently the IRGC is having issues with 'volunteers'.

Posted by: Pappy 2016-04-05 12:36

#2 Hello, Spanish civil war.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-04-05 10:20

#1 Iran has had some high level officers killed on or near the front lines the past few months. Probably, the high command back in tehran got a lot of info on the deficiencies of the Syrian, Hezbollah, shia militia team.

so maybe the decision was to that the Syrians need more commando leadership

this is a bit similar to situations the US faced in Afghanistan and Iraq -- however, as the US has found out, not only is it hard to train the locals but also this training can come undone fairly swiftly if it is undercut by corrupt leadership

Posted by: lord garth 2016-04-05 10:12

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