(Al-Monitor) Khaled al-Khateb - Iranian forces and affiliated militias in eastern Syria carried out new redeployment and repositioning after their military sites and barracks were subjected to airstrikes on Jan. 13. A local journalist said, "The Iranian militias transferred the bulk of their members and military equipment to residential neighborhoods." "The new deployments included transferring rockets and heavy weapons and hiding them inside the tunnels that Iranian forces had previously dug....They have also lowered flags from the roofs of the buildings where they are stationed. They removed all signs indicating their presence to avoid being targeted."
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