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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/04/iran-syria-hezbollah-iraq-militias-assad/
Iran Is Sending Regional Fighters to Syria
(Washington Post) Susannah George - Iran has deployed members of Hizbullah and Iraq's Shiite militias to Syria to help prop up President Bashar al-Assad and hold back a sudden advance by Islamist rebels who have taken over the city of Aleppo. Syria is one of Tehran's closest allies, home to vital supply lines that allow it to send money, arms and advisers to Hizbullah. "Iran has been there for us," said a member of Hizbullah. "We are allies and will always be," he added, dismissing concerns that Hizbullah is too weak to join the fight in Syria. Hizbullah fighters have largely deployed across Lebanon's border toward the cities of Hama and Homs. The Iranian government has not committed to deploying its own soldiers, relying for now on military advisers from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) embedded throughout the country. Israel has launched a series of successful strikes in recent months targeting IRGC advisers in Syria.