Posted on 06/02/2013 12:59:11 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
RAMTHA, Jordan — Sophisticated technology from Russia and Iran has given Syrian government troops new advantages in tracking and destroying their foes, helping them solidify battlefield gains against rebels, according to Middle Eastern intelligence officials and analysts.
The technology includes increased numbers of Iranian-made surveillance drones and, in some areas, anti-mortar systems similar to those used by U.S. forces to trace the source of mortar fire, the officials and experts said. Syrian military units also are making greater use of monitoring equipment to gather intelligence about rebel positions and jamming devices to block rebel communications, they said.
At the same time, Syrian military leaders are adopting new tactics that some experts also attribute to foreign advisers and training.
“We’re seeing a turning point in the past couple of months, and it has a lot to do with the quality and type of weapons and other systems coming from Iran and Russia,” said a Middle Eastern intelligence official whose government closely monitors the fighting. The official, who spoke on the condition that his name and nationality be withheld in discussing sensitive intelligence, said the new gear is cementing an advantage gained by Syrian forces with the arrival of hundreds of Hezbollah fighters from Lebanon in recent weeks. . .
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Note this is the WAPO aka Pravda publishes the actual perspective of the Regime and it’s best to never forget that this is true of all the ‘Open Border’ traitorous US media including Fox, WSJ, NYPost, and all other Rupert Murdoch publications.
You forget about Saudi Arabia because they do not want a powerful Iran and Iran also dislikes them.
Israel is in any case surrounded by Sunni states. Better to foment discord between Sunnis and shias so they can notunite against Israel. Saudi will no tolerate another avowedly Shia rather than baathists state on their border. They got rid of saddam who was a threat to them and the wahabbis, thanksyo George Bush senior and they also got rid of khaddafi thanks to thewest.
Israel controls the Golan Heights so the Hizzies cannot do what you have said.
...includes increased numbers of Iranian-made surveillance drones and, in some areas, anti-mortar systems similar to those used by U.S. forces to trace the source of mortar fire... new tactics that some experts also attribute to foreign advisers and training. "We’re seeing a turning point in the past couple of months, and it has a lot to do with the quality and type of weapons and other systems coming from Iran and Russia," ...cementing an advantage gained by Syrian forces with the arrival of hundreds of Hezbollah fighters from Lebanon in recent weeks...[161 etc]
That sounds plausible.
If you look at the map, you will see that south Lebanon juts downward, south into Israel proper so technically a Hizbollah run south Lebanon and Hizbollah controlled Syrian Golan poses a serious threat to Israel’s north. Look at the tiny Israeli upper Galilee village of Metulla, it is a “finger” isthmus pointing into southern Lebanon and is inside of Lebanon on 3 sides. It is not too far from the Golan.
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Assad has reliable allies. That's not to suggest we should be supporting the terrorists opposing him, but I wonder who considers us a reliable ally.
You want us to go to war in Syria ?
If Assad wins, the Soviet, oops, I mean Russian Navy will retain her bases on the Med. That is bad news for the West.
If Obama had any sense of defending US interests who would have done many things and not done other things which I cannot go into here.
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