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Thursday, February 1, 2024
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Thursday, February 1, 2024
Hezbollah-aligned outlet denies Iran is pulling its senior officers out of Syria
Gianluca Pacchiani is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel
The Lebanese al-Mayadeen news channel, affiliated and aligned with the Hezbollah terror group, denies the Reuters news agency’s report that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have scaled back deployment of their senior officers in Syria.
Quoting “reliable sources,” the outlet says Iranian “advisers” have been asked to remain in Syria, but without their families.
Reuters reported earlier today that the officers’ pullout has been decided on following a spate of deadly alleged Israeli strikes against the IRGC in Syria.
Since December, alleged Israeli strikes have killed more than half a dozen of IRGC members, among them one of the Guards’ top intelligence generals.
