Posted on 06/07/2015 4:05:57 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Thousands of Iranian, Afghan and Iraqi fighters have arrived in Syria to defend Damascus and its suburbs against Islamic State (IS), which has said it will mount an offensive against the capital following recent battlefield successes in Deir al-Zor and Palmyra.
So far, 7,000 have reportedly been positioned around the city. They are expected to go on the offensive to retake from fundamentalist militiamen the suburb of Jobar from which they can easily access the eastern gates of the city.
The total number of reinforcements sent by Iran could rise to 15,000 when fighters reach the northern port of Latakia to defend the government-controlled coastal region from assaults by al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra, which has imposed its rule over most of the northern Idlib province on the Turkish border.
(Excerpt) Read more at irishtimes.com ...
I guess one good thing is a lot of potential terrorists are dying every day. Unfortunately, a lot of Christians have died also.
Shias versus Sunnis. Popcorn time.
Now I’m confused.
If ISIS manages to consolidate its gains in Syria and Iraq and then wins the coming Battle of Baghdad, then Iran will have a virulently hostile Sunni jihadist state on their border and millions of destitute Arabic speaking Iraqi Shi’ites seeking refuge in Iran. That would be a strategic disaster for Iran but not for the United States. The US should not reengage in that endless quagmire. The locals have to work out their own consensus.
Allies
Islamic Front[6]
People’s Protection Units[7]
Syriac Military Council[8]
Opponents
Syrian Armed Forces
National Defense Force
al-Nusra Front[9][10][11][12]
Jund al-Aqsa[13]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[14]
Meanwhile we are training, funding and arming terrorists to attack Damascus. So Obama is in a war against Iran now
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