Assad will see that he alone cannot un-invite Iran from Syria.
Iran full well knows our capability - but have not be shy about confronting us, from the hostages in our embassy in 1979’ the Beirut Marine barracks bombing in 1983, though the thousands of IEDs in Iraq.
Turkey under Erdogan is a new problem for us and the region, but Iran is a well known opponent. They have come to Syria to establish de-facto rule, like they did with Hizbollah in Lebanon.
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