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Iran Wades Further into the Syrian Swamp
(Ha'aretz) Zvi Bar'el - An estimated 2,000 to 3,000 Iranians and other combatants sent from Iran and Iraq are fighting in Syria on behalf of the Assad regime. According to reports on Syrian opposition websites, about 1,000 Revolutionary Guards and other Iranian troops are active in Aleppo Province; others operate in the Latakia area, considered the Assad regime's stronghold. Iranian forces are under fire and are dying in battle in Syria. This month over a dozen members of the Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards were killed, including eight officers, among them deputy commander Gen. Hossein Hamedani. But a few thousand Iranian combatants cannot achieve a decisive military victory, even with the aid of Russian air cover.