SECRET BASES OF IRAN REGIME IN SYRIA

SECRET BASES OF IRAN REGIME IN SYRIA

"IF it WAS NOT for IRAN support, [SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR] ASSAD WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPELLED LONG AGO AND THE SITUATION WOULD BE VERY DIFFERENT"

Report: Daniel Iriarte // Format: Pablo Lopez Learte

SECRET BASES OF IRAN REGIME IN SYRIA

If it was not for Iran, long time ago [Syrian President Bashar] Assad would have been expelled and the situation would be very different now , "says Shahin Ghobadi. The words of this member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of the Resistance of Iran , one of the main Iranian opposition organizations, are not too surprising. Yes they are, however, several of the revelations made by this group in a report that was accessed by El Confidencial: that Iran 'involvement in the war in Syria is much greater than previously thought, to the point which they are Iranian officers who control military operations, and that the number of troops commanded by Iranians far exceeds that of Assad's own troops.

"Iran is funding the war. It is the Iranian regime who has paid for the tens of thousands of Iraqi foreign mercenaries, Lebanese and Afghan envoys to Syria. Iran has even convinced the Russians to provide a very low price advanced weaponry, "said Ghobadi. "By theway, this has been paid for with unfrozen money after the nuclear deal with Iran , “he told El Confidencial.
According to the NCRI, Iran has divided the country into five military regions (the central area and the four cardinal points), each under a different command center. The headquarters is in a building at Damascus airport code name is "Glass House", which, according to opponents, have no access to even Syrian troops. From there, Iranian forces can control the arrival of supplies from Iran or perform a quick evacuation if the insurgents were to take the Syrian capital. In addition, foreign fighters, such as Hezbollah , the Shiite militias in Iraq and Afghanistan or Palestinian volunteers do not follow the orders of Syrian generals but of the commanders of the Revolutionary Guards ( 'Pasdaran') .