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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
IRGC Syria commander removed 'upon request from Assad'
2021-11-16
More on this story from a few days ago.
[al-Monitor] Until a few weeks ago, he was among the strongest men in Syria — if not the strongest — but Javad Ghaffari’s last battle in the war-torn country was this time with no one other than the ruling elite he came to the country to defend.

"He became a liability," an official Syrian source told al-Monitor on condition of anonymity. "The time has changed, and he still wants to act as per the rules of war, when the war is almost over."

The Iranian general, whose real name is Ahmad Madani,
Posted by:Fred

#1  seems to me that 'the war is over' is an overstatement

It is true that fatalities are less than last year and much less than the year before. But still there will be about 3000 killed this year, about half civilians.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-11-16 08:18  

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