[wtc911]

Really?

Since Syria has no border with Iran are these 15,000 troops marching across Iraq or Turkey to get there?

[donozark]

Via Latakia where Iran has had a large military presence for sometime now.

[ctdonath2]

Ummm...”marching” is figurative, and they’re going by boat?

[PapaBear3625]

Th top commander of Iran's Quds force is in Syria, helping Assad, according to UK Daily Mail. The ENTIRE Quds force is 15,000, so I'm guessing that somebody garbled the story.

Syria is ruled by the minority Shiites(Alawite sect), over a majority of Sunnis in the population. Iran wants the Shiites to maintain rule, the Sunni Saudis and Muslim Brotherhood wants the Shiites overthrown and replaced by Sunnis.

From my perspective, there are no good guys (except the minority Christians caught in the middle). The ideal would be if the fighting forces of both sides killed each other off.

Popcorn time.