As Russian warplanes bomb rebels, Iran pulls the strings in Syria
At a meeting in Moscow in July, a top Iranian general unfurled a map of Syria to explain to his Russian hosts how a series of defeats for President Bashar al-Assad could be turned into victory — with Russia's help. Major General Qassem Soleimani's visit to Moscow was the first step in planning for a Russian military intervention that has reshaped the Syrian war and forged a new Iranian-Russian alliance in support of Assad. Soleimani is the commander of the Quds Force, the elite extra-territorial special forces arm of Iran's Revolutionary ...
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