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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran not going to deploy "massive" forces in Syria
2016-02-07
Iran has no plan on deploying massive military forces in Syria, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, the commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced, Feb. 6.
Define "massive"...
“Our policy is not dispatching massive forces to Syria, though there is an enthusiasm and very much willingness among IRGC members to take part in battles in Syria,” Fars news agency quoted Jafari as saying during the funeral of top IRGC general Mohsen Gajarian, who was killed in Syria on Feb. 4.

Jafari also said “defending Syria means defending the Islamic resistance.”

Iran calls the enmity with Israel the Islamic resistance. Jafari further said the major threats are far away from Iranian borders, because the Islamic resistance has spread.

“Palestine and Lebanon’s wars [with Israel] have indicated that the advanced armies are deficient against the Islamic resistance,” he said.

He went on to claim that after the failures in war with the Islamic resistance, “the enemies created Salafi groups like the IS, getting help from Saudi Arabia.”

Major General Jafari also quoted Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as saying that if Iran doesn’t fight the enemies far away from its borders, the threats would come close to its own territory and it would have to fight against the enemies inside the country.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  Iff the KSA + its Coalition can't handle Yemen, what makes them think they can handle SYRIA, agz Al-Nusra, ISIS/ISIL, Hezbollah, IRGC Quds Force, + Kurds???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2016-02-07 20:07  

#3  I've read Iran simply doesn't have the troops, presumably competent and reliable. Much like the Soviet Union at the start of WWII. Nor do they have the planes for logistics supply.

And I'm not entirely convinced the Saudis won't double down in Syria. Any ground troops would be a pretext to use their airforce, as in Yemen and as Russia has done in Syria.

Facing the Turkish airforce to the north and the Saudi and Jordanian airforce to the south, the Russians will likely decide it's not worth it.
Posted by: phil_b   2016-02-07 14:06  

#2  Actually it depends on what your definition of "massive" is...according to the Clinton dictionary on semantics
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2016-02-07 12:41  

#1  Couldn't beat the Jooooooos, so they invented the Takfiri gangs. As the proprietor would say, makes sense, not a lot, but sense.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-02-07 02:14  

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