Iran Withdrawing From Syria Signals That Assad's Days in Power May Be Numbered

[TBoneTX 45,567]

Another ISIS-like state caliphate pending.  Oh, joy.

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Iran Withdrawing From Syria Signals That Assad's Days in Power May Be Numbered

 

Iran is abandoning its Syrian ally following rapid gains made by Islamist rebel forces, who are now closing in on the capital Damascus.

"Iran is starting to evacuate its forces and military personnel because we cannot fight as an advisory and support force if Syria's army itself does not want to fight," a prominent advisor to the Iranian regime, Mehdi Rahmati, told the New York Times.

"The bottom line," he said, "is that Iran has realized that it cannot manage the situation in Syria right now with any military operation and this option is off the table."

The unspoken reason Iran is leaving Syria is that Israel smashed Iran's proxy Hezbollah, fatally weakening its ability to carry out operations outside of Lebanon.

Significantly, Iran is [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/12/07/iran-withdrawing-from-syria-signaling-assads-days-in-power-may-numbered-n4934922

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*Acting* President Trump Speaks Out on Developing Middle Eastern Conflict:  'NOT OUR FIGHT'

 

Things in Syria are getting downright interesting, with opposition fighters closing in on Damascus.  Intriguing though this might be, and great as it would be to see some semblance of sanity return to Syria with the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, it's not America's fight.

Acting President Donald Trump gets it.  [...]

 

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/12/07/acting-president-trump-speaks-out-on-developing-middle-eastern-conflict-not-our-fight-n2182933

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13 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Iran Withdrawing From Syria Signals That Assad's Days in Power May Be Numbered

 

And that number is zero ☠️

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4 hours ago, Pooky said:

And that number is zero ☠️

Saw that in the wee hours.  Bye-bye, tyrant!

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15 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Saw that in the wee hours.  Bye-bye, tyrant!

Not gone, now a top advisor to Putin.

[Dashinka 24,621]

Pretty decent analysis.

 

Assad’s downfall — the winners and losers

 

https://www.politico.eu/article/bashar-assad-syria-downfall-the-winners-and-losers/

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[Pooky 3,812]

On 12/9/2024 at 8:01 AM, Dashinka said:

Not gone, now a top advisor to Putin.

With little to no political value any more. ☠️

 

Moreover, Hezbollah just lost the surety of their in-theater arms caches, which imperils their military capacity in Lebanon. The supply route of Iranian arms is now put at risk, as the IDF were unafraid of the Syrian regular military, so they will be even less concerned about the new power in Syria.

 

Both Russia and Iran lost when Assad fled the country.

[Dashinka 24,621]

12 hours ago, Pooky said:

With little to no political value any more. ☠️

 

Moreover, Hezbollah just lost the surety of their in-theater arms caches, which imperils their military capacity in Lebanon. The supply route of Iranian arms is now put at risk, as the IDF were unafraid of the Syrian regular military, so they will be even less concerned about the new power in Syria.

 

Both Russia and Iran lost when Assad fled the country.

One might wonder what KJU or Maduro are thinking right now?  Of course both of those countries would probably fall back to China with Russian assurances waning.

[TBoneTX 45,567]

Interesting.  Comments?  (Note:  Idi Amin was my favorite dictator.)
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