Iran to ‘deploy 4,000-strong force’ to Syria as US military set to stay in Jordan

RT ^ | 06/16/2013 | RT

[TexGrill]

Iran will deploy 4,000 Revolutionary Guards to Syria to bolster Damascus against a mostly Sunni-led insurgency, media reported. Meanwhile, US F-16s and Patriots will stay in Jordan – speculatively, to help establish a no-fly zone to aid Syrian rebels.

The deployment of the first several-thousand strong military contingent was reported by The Independent on Sunday who quoted Iranian sources tied to the state’s security apparatus. The sources said the move signals Iran’s intention to drastically step up its efforts to preserve the government of President Bashar Assad.

The Islamic Republic’s heightened military commitment could reportedly extend to the opening up of a new “Syrian” front on the Golan Heights against Israel.

Golan Heights have recently become a source of new instability with increasing cross-border fire and Austria withdrawing its peacekeepers from the buffer area after a checking point became the spot of military dispute between and Assad's and opposition's forces.

This stirred concern in the UN with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warning the fragile state of no-war between Tel-Aviv and Damascus is at risk.

[dirtboy]

Please refrain from using profanity on FR.

[Delta Dawn]

‘That seems to be his goal.’

Moving US troops into the ME has been something no US president has done(not in numbers & with some permanence) in my lifetime. I have really been confused as to what BHO could be up to.

It just hit me a moment ago, Baracko is going to establish troops in the ME and then he is going to make a move on Israel. He is planning on instituting the 2-state solution on his own. Now that would be transformative.

[Broker]

somehow the TRUTH and John Fruckface Kerry never met nor is the divide considered suitable public discourse.