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Iran will deploy 4,000 Revolutionary

Guards to Syria to bolster Damascus

against a mostly Sunni-led insurgency,

media reported. Meanwhile, US F-16s and

Patriots will stay in Jordan speculatively,

to help establish a no-fly zone to aid

Syrian rebels.

The deployment of the first several-thousand strong military

contingent was reported by The Independent on Sunday who quoted

Iranian sources tied to the states security apparatus. The sources said

the move signals Irans intention to drastically step up its efforts to

Soldiers of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards (AFP Photo / Atta

Kenare)

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Sf dpn n f oef epreserve the government of President Bashar Assad.

The Islamic Republics heightened military commitment could

reportedly extend to the opening up of a new Syrian front on the

Golan Heights against Israel.

Golan Heights have recently become a source of new instability withincreasing cross-border fire and Austria withdrawing its

peacekeepers from the buffer area after a checking point became

the spot of mil itary dispute between and Assad's and opposition's

forces.

This stirred concern in the UN with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

warning the fragile state of no-war between Tel-Aviv and Damascus

is at risk.

The ongoing military activities in the [Golan] area ofseparation

continue to have the potential to escalate tensions between Israel and

the Syrian Arab Republic and to jeopardize the cease-fire between the

two countries, Ban Ki-moon said in a June 13 statement.

Journalists have frequently asked Assad whether he plans to open a

resistance front at Golans. The option discussion was brought back to

the table after every air strike on the Syrian territory pinned on Israel.

Tel-Aviv always stopped short of confirming the strikes but hintedthat it would do whatever it takes to stop arms supplies to

Lebanons Hezbollah even if convoys are found going through Syria.

The strikes resonated across the world and back in February Saeed

Jalili, head of Irans National Security Council, warned Israel would

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Reports of Irans decision to get directly involved in the Syrian conflict

come just days after Israels ally, the US, chose to reverse its policy of

not providing lethal aid to rebel fighters. The argument the Obama

Administration used was that Damascus had crossed a red line by

deploying chemical weapons against opposition forces on four

separate occasions.

Washingtons policy shift has quickly materialized on multiple fronts,

some of them also in the press.

On Saturday, the Pentagon announced a detachment of F-16s and US

Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems dispatched to Jordan for the

ongoing joint Eager Lion military exercise will remain in the country

once the training drills conclude.

The same day, The Washington Post reported that clandestine bases

in Jordan and Turkey would serve as conduits for arms beingdelivered to the rebel fighters.

US military support will thus far be limited to light arms and other

munitions, although Washingtons shifting calculus has potentially

given a green light to regional Sunni allies to provide anti-tank and

anti-aircraft weapons to the Assad opposition.

Just one day before the Pentagon announced its intention to leave

Patriot missiles and F-16s in Jordan, senior Western diplomats inTurkey announced Washington was mulling the establishment of a

no-fly zone, possibly near the Jordanian border."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned that any attempt to

A range of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles (AFP Photo / Str)


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impose such a zone would be in clear violation of international law.

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The US, Israel and Iran are not the only actors to have activated

recently.

On Sunday, the German daily Der Spiegel, citing the German foreign

intelligence service, said Saudi Arabia is looking to provide

European-made Mistral-class MANPADS man-portable air-defense

systems to the Syrian opposition.

Notably, on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia condemned the role of another

party to the conflict Hezbollah announcing that measures would

be taken against those loyal to the group who lived in Gulf

Cooperation Council (GCC) states.

Hezbollah, the Shia Islamist militant group based out of Lebanon,

played an integral part in the recapture of the strategic city of Qusayr

last week. Damascus announced its intentions to use the Qusayr

victory as a stepping stone to retaking large swaths of the northern

city of Aleppo and surrounding provinces.

Some 2,000 of Hezbollahs 65,000 strong force has reportedly been

operating in the city since early June. Shortly after these reports

emerged, the New York Times rolled out an article saying Israel

accelerated planning for a shock and awe campaign to wipe out

Hezbollah forces out of Syria.

A Lebanese Hezbollah guerrilla (Reuters / Issam Kobeisi)


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Despite Saudi Arabias condemnation of Hezbollahs blatant

interference in the Syrian conflict, a report issued by Intelligence

Online in January said that Saudi Arabia was directly responsible for

the radical al-Nusra Fronts very existence and operational superiority

within the country.

"The Saudi General Intelligence, controlled by Prince Bandar bin Sultanbin Abdulaziz, exploited its broad calls with Takfiri [atoning]

movements in Iraq to help establish al-Nusra Front, a low-profile Takfiri

movement," the report stated.

"Thanks to funding from the General Intelligence Department and

support from the Saudi Intelligence in Lebanon, al-Nusra was able to

swiftly arm its forces, and make the Syrian regime suffer painful blows

through its expertise in Iraqi bombings," it continued.

The Al-Nusra Front, with its alleged Saudi connections, is incidentally

the Syrian branch of the Islamic State of Iraq, which aims to establish

a caliphate in the Sunni dominated regions of Iraq. This brings a

strong sectarian smell to the two-year conflict and lifts far above

local anti-government sentiments.

The increased effectiveness of pro-Assad forces has been met with

frustration by prominent Sunni clerics. Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi, a

prominent Egyptian theologian, called on Sunnis in the region to jointhe battle against Damascus, asking: How could 100m Shia

[worldwide] defeat 1.7bn [Sunni]?

With the United States, its Sunni allies in the region and Israel all

preparing to step up involvement in the Syrian conflict, Irans

commitment to defend the Assad government is likely just as

motivated by self-preservation as Shiite solidarity.

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