(Al-Ahram-Egypt) Bassel Oudat - Millions of Syrian citizens sympathizing with the country's opposition rejoiced at the news of the death of Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force. Many Syrians cannot not be glad that he is dead because he was Iran's point man in Syria. He even gave orders to the Syrian regime's regular army, as if he were a Syrian officer. He played a key role in Iran's military expansion in Syria over the past eight years, taking control of several Syrian cities. He was the second-most influential figure on the battlefield after Assad himself. The Syrian opposition asked why Washington had not targeted him before.
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