SJackson: Nasrallah: 'the whole world can not remove us from Syria' followed by excuse me, I'm going back underground now.
LOL!
Gen.Blather: Hezbollah fighters do not represent a country. They are just members of Hezbollah, a sect in Lebanon. They are in Syria because they are being paid to be in Syria. Find out who is financing them and persuade them to stop. Then, no more Hezbollah in Syria. Or, probably, anywhere else, for that matter.
They are and always have been Iran's proxy in Lebanon, and that's where they get the money and always have.
Wuli: Could it be Assad is in the process of deciding who is it's better friend, Iran or Russia, and feeling maybe it's Russia?
BobL: Quite clear now that Russia is siding with Israel in demanding that the debris leave Syria. Given that this is a Russian demand, the debris would be very smart to comply.
Assad wants everyone out, but wants them to clean up the mess first. He knows he can't survive on his own -- it's obvious, because he can't restore his dictatorship even with the help of Iran, Iran's proxies, Russia, and Turkey, and the better part of ten years. He's young enough to be patient, but if he gets blasted into the afterlife -- something israel could do at will -- it would become a whole different situation for everyone there. In particular Russia will be buried up to the neck, and have no visible allies, and with just three options (turn tail and run; setting up a puppet regime that will then need help expelling Iran and its proxies, and the Turks, and spend years fighting the Kurds; or throw in with the US plan, see below. The third option would require a sweetener).
BBell: Interesting move. Leaves one to wonder what the Russian's plans are. They are chess players.
Putin's looking for a way out, just as Iran was before Putin sent in his thugs. Spanking him as Nasrallah has done makes him look like a sideshow chimp, and he knows it, and he's bound to not like it.
Eleutheria5: Just a green light from Putin, some IAF pilots with time on their hands, and a half hour. Where will they go next? Straight to hell.
Putin's got worse things to worry about, such as declining arms sales in the area of air defenses, or the IAF killing of Assad and end of his regime. While it would satisfying to see Nasrallah and his bunker blow sky-high, right now it will be of more benefit to leave the a-hole alive.
qaz123: This has the potential to get very interesting. All fun and games when there is a common adversary. When that adversary has taken its plane and howitzer's home, then what? Could get very interesting, indeed.
Sacajaweau: In reality, Iran has no friends. And Turkey has messed up their country royally. Who knows. In the same breath, we see Putin with Merkel or Net.
Their alliance is not dissimilar to the Molotov-VonRibbentrop agreement to divide Poland. They make plans on their own, they meet and disagree, then carry out the parts of their respective plans that they can implement without pissing off the others. Assad is not consulted about any of it.
Putin will continue to finance the Russian presence with arms sales (to all sides throughout the world) and Gazprom pipelines. The last thing he needs is a peaceful settlement and a natural gas pipeline from the Gulf states, across Jordan and Syria, through Turkey, and into the European market.
Instead, the pipeline will now go through Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, and undersea to Greece and the rest of Europe, picking up the gas production from Cyprus on the way through.
Jumper: White Queen's Knight over two to the right and up one square; coupled with her pawns out one, with Kings Bishop and Queen in place to remove the corresponding chess piece from Black Kingdom of Iran!
Just in time for the Yes50 tour!
vette6387: Better still, just kill all of them! Better, quicker, more permanent solution. The next stop should be Nasrallah's compound for a “quickie” drone strike. The world for too long has tolerated this camel jockey trash.
It's apparent that they're doing that for us. The peace deal between Israel and the Arabian states will probably bring about a lot of self-inflicted wounds, or rather, even more than usual.
“Putin’s got worse things to worry about, such as declining arms sales in the area of air defenses, or the IAF killing of Assad and end of his regime. While it would satisfying to see Nasrallah and his bunker blow sky-high, right now it will be of more benefit to leave the a-hole alive.”
So he needn’t worry about Hizbollah anymore. All we need is a green light from him, delivered on the QT, and after that he can read about it in the papers.
Russia has adjusted its behavior to the Trump era. They do well to know their place and quit messing with Israel.