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IBTimes: Putin's Latest Moves: The Military Alliance Among Iran, Hezbollah And Russia In Syria Could Spread To Yemen
SOUTH LEBANON -- Russia and Iran, long allied in their support of Syrian President Bashar Assad, appear to be extending their partnership into Yemen. Moscow is now supporting the Tehran-backed Houthi rebels who are fighting forces loyal to the U.S.-supported exiled president, a senior Hezbollah official told International Business Times.
The Houthi rebels have been fighting a 10-country Saudi-Arabia-led coalition since March. Iran has been the rebels’ main supporter for several months, but Tehran’s Lebanese ally Hezbollah and Russia are increasing support for the Houthis -- forming an alliance very similar to the one largely responsible for keeping Assad in power.
When asked whether Russia is helping Hezbollah in Yemen as it is in Syria, the official said: “Of course they are.”
WNU Editor: I do not see this happening .... but I can see Russia using Yemen as a lever/threat against Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states to decrease their support of rebel groups in Syria.
that's one massive explosion
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rt.com/news/316592-russia-syria-islamic-state/
ReplyDeleteI tend to be really skeptical about anything FOX says about, well, anything but this RT report is news. We have Russian and Iranian leaders and ministers denying this that and the other regarding military intervention and alliance, while the evidence points to the contrary. It appears the Iran, Iraq, Syria, Russia (and Hezbollah...we'll see how the rest of Lebanon shakes down) is on. I'm just waiting to see more from China.
The grinning and schmoozing going on during Xi's trip to the U.S. is a front. It's a put on, as The Who would say. The knives are out and we're going to see them in Syria, and elsewhere.
The use of support in Yemen to pressure the saudis to re-consider their support for the caliphate?
ReplyDeleteSounds quite possible, but this move holds a serious potential for the hardening of the existing fronts.
But with SA being a lavish supporter of hard-core islamists all over, this (if true) could also be some kind of retribution/lever regardig Chechnya and saudi (financial) involvement there.