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Pressure on Iran to Reconsider Military Entrenchment in Syria
(Al-Monitor) Ben Caspit - After a growing number of airstrikes by unidentified planes against Iranian Shiite forces in Syria in recent months, a senior Israeli security source reported "a significant decline in the military presence of Iranian forces and allied Shiite militias" in Syria. Israeli leaders are in constant touch with Washington, where President Trump and Secretary of State Pompeo are assuring them that the U.S. does not intend to make life easier for Iran. This is the backdrop for the significant uptick of attacks on Iranian targets in Syria. Syrian President Assad has realized that almost every time his anti-aircraft batteries target planes, he ends up losing them. Russian President Vladimir Putin has long considered the Iranians a burden, rather than an asset, according to intelligence sources.