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| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| Is Iran withdrawing from the fight to back Assad? |
| 2015-12-12 |
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| Posted by:ryuge |
| #6 With Putin helping Assad does Iran really need to be in there? Might just remind the Western Nations to the greater Shia/Sunni conflict. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-12-12 21:22 |
| #5 IRG troops have been crucial in the latest govt offensive near aleppo and they've taken heavy causalties but they've also retaken several villages and lots of land |
| Posted by: lord garth 2015-12-12 18:23 |
| #4 The Iranians may have decided to put some distance between them and whatever other shoe drops re Russia and Turkey. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-12-12 16:14 |
| #3 Didn't know that Suleimani was dead....yet. Heard he'd been 'injured' in the head last month, but they did cancel a big speech he was to give last Monday. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2015-12-12 08:04 |
| #2 With oil at $35/barrel, they have a cashflow problem. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2015-12-12 04:24 |
| #1 I'd say the death of Suleimani was probably a contributing factor. With the Iranians out Russia will have it's hands full. |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2015-12-12 03:06 |