Iran Evacuating Military in Syria as Rebels Advance: Report

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-07 03:22:09 | Updated at 2024-12-23 06:32:23 2 weeks ago

Iran Evacuating Military in Syria as Rebels Advance: Report
Newsweek ^ | Dec 06, 2024 | Aila Slisco

Posted on 12/06/2024 7:03:14 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

Iran has reportedly started to withdraw troops from Syria as advancing rebel forces threaten to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to The New York Times.

Syrian insurgents took control of the central city of Hama following the retreat of government forces on Thursday, just days after rebels captured most of Aleppo, Syria's second largest city.

Evacuations were initiated on Friday for commanders and personnel from the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, according to Iranian officials and regional commanders cited in the Times report. Diplomatic staff serving at the Iranian Embassy in Damascus were also reportedly being evacuated.

"Iran is starting to evacuate its forces and military personnel because we cannot fight as an advisory and support force if Syria's army itself does not want to fight," Iranian analyst Mehdi Rahmati told the news outlet. "Iran has realized that it cannot manage the situation in Syria right now with any military operation and this option is off the table."

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TOPICS: Iran; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: iran; syria

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To: MinorityRepublican

Then, it’s over.

ISIS and Turkey (a NATO Member) take Syria.

OMFG.

2 posted on 12/06/2024 7:05:50 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (The ACLU's Chase Strangio, a woman with a beard, argued that two-year-olds should be castrated.)

To: Uncle Miltie

Hezbollah is finished, therefore.

After tens of thousands die in the fighting.

ISIS’s disposition towards Israel will not be an improvement in the long run.

Holy Shiite!

3 posted on 12/06/2024 7:07:39 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (The ACLU's Chase Strangio, a woman with a beard, argued that two-year-olds should be castrated.)

To: Uncle Miltie

A couple questions here. Refugees will flee to Lebanon? I don't think they're going to stay around for Islamist Syria.

At some point, Turkey is going to attack the Kurds in Syria.

To: Uncle Miltie

Hezbollah is finished, therefore.

That's only because Israel took out their leadership.

There's no one to lead their foot soldiers. You can't lead an army without any officers.

To: MinorityRepublican

US intelligence agencies were caught off guard, it would seem.

Not good.

6 posted on 12/06/2024 7:13:24 PM PST by Fury

To: Uncle Miltie

“Then, it’s over”

Yup. If Iran is giving up there’s no hope for the regime. Its time to run for the borders. Also the Russians will need to run too.

7 posted on 12/06/2024 7:14:01 PM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )

To: buwaya

There won’t be much of a fight in Damascus. It’ll be similar to Tripoli when the rebels took over Libya.

To: MinorityRepublican

There are no good guys North of the Golan.

This is a total sh*t shiow.

9 posted on 12/06/2024 7:19:37 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (The ACLU's Chase Strangio, a woman with a beard, argued that two-year-olds should be castrated.)

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