(Ynet News) Ron Ben-Yishai - Western intelligence believes that the main reason for Assad's recent successes in the civil war raging in Syria is the increasing involvement of Iran, Russia and Hizbullah. For the first time in over a decade, Russian advisors have been seen among Syrian army units in the midst of actual fighting. Russian mercenaries are guarding oil fields in eastern Syria which are under Assad control. Russian involvement on such a scale hasn't been seen in Syria since the 1980s. The Iranians as well have become more directly involved in the fighting. Some 300 Iranian Guard soldiers are currently fighting in Syria, likely in Aleppo. In southern Syria, on the border with Jordan, hundreds of Hizbullah fighters are aiding the Syrian army's current assault on Daraa and Nawa.
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