Posted on 01/09/2025 8:48:51 AM PST by Apparatchik
A top Iranian general has accused Russia of lying to Tehran by saying its jets were attacking Syrian rebels while they were instead bombing the open desert.
In a rare break from Iran's diplomatic line on Syria, Brig. Gen. Behrouz Esbati partially blamed Moscow for the fall of Bashar Assad's government during a speech at a mosque in Tehran.
An audio recording of the speech was published on Tuesday by Abdullah Abdi, a journalist in Geneva who reports on Iran.
"We were defeated, and defeated very badly. We took a very big blow, and it's been very difficult," Esbati said of Assad's fall, according to a translation by The New York Times.
In the recording, Esbati, a senior commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, said Russia told Tehran it was bombing the headquarters of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the rebel group spearheading Assad's ousting.
But Moscow's forces were instead "targeting deserts," Esbati said.
Esbati further accused Russia of turning off radars when Israel launched strikes on Syria in 2024, allowing Tel Aviv's forces to attack more effectively.
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What axis of evil? Are you talking about clowns in Dept of States who worked over time to bring Al-Qaeda in power in Syria? The guys currently finishing off the last Middle Eastern Christian who managed to live through the Romans and Arab conquest?
“A top Iranian general has accused Russia of lying to Tehran by saying its jets were attacking Syrian rebels”
Erodgan-Putin side agreement.
ZEEPER FOLLIES PINGLIST!(((PING!)))
Maybe the Russian targeting systems work as well as their tanks.
What axis of evil?
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So speaks the former Soviet officer with 21 years of service to the USSR.
You are confusing me to someone else and what my personality has to do with the consistent support Washington renders to known terrorists?
You are confusing me to someone else
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no
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