The Leb-based al-Mayadeen TV, which has news hounds throughout Syria, says the Russian force withdrew Tuesday from the border area on the outskirts of the town of Qusair, a stronghold of the Lebanese Hibzullah group. Russia and the Iran-backed
Hizbullah...
Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as
The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
are both fighting alongside Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
Supressor of the Damascenes...
's forces.
Al-Mayadeen and the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Russian troops had deployed to the area on Monday. Neither provided details as to why they left.
The rare deployment of Russian forces near the border came amid repeated Israeli warnings about Iran's growing military presence in Syria. Israel is widely believed to have been behind an
on Qusair last month that killed and maimed Hizbullah fighters.