Syria's President Bashar al-Assad meets Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran February 18, 2007. Reuters
Tom Cooper, War Is Boring: Iran and Russia Are Apparently Fighting Each Other in Syria
Did Tehran attempt a coup in Damascus?
Between Jan. 23 and 27, 2017, there were reports that Syrian president Bashar Al Assad had suffered a stroke and had to be hospitalized. The usually pro-Assad British newspaper The Independent claimed that the Syrian president was suffering serious psychological strain.
Allegations of a president’s poor health take on extra significance in a Russian proxy state. During the Cold War, the Soviets frequently cited allied leaders’ purported medical and psychological problems when launching military interventions — takeovers, essentially — in the countries of the supposedly-ailing heads of state.
Did the same thing just happen in Syria?
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WNU Editor: This is all speculation .... but it is an interesting read. As to what is my take .... Russia's interest is to keep someone friendly in power that will support their warm water port in Syria. Iran's interest is they want a unified Syria that is dependent on Tehran. In the long term these are not compatible goals.
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War is war nomater the strategy one will be king
They tried and Russia proves they have the veto power.
So the Iranians made some new friends.
Well there is some good news.
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