An Israeli military official says Iran remains the main “source of terrorism” in the Middle East but it too has suffered in Syria, with more than 1,000 casualties.
He says that Iran’s entanglement in the Syrian war alongside Assad’s forces has led it to scale back in supporting Hamas.
The Palestinian terror group has seen its backing plummet from everywhere except Qatar, a staunch supporter of Gaza’s rulers.
The military officer also says that Israel has noticed a resulting shift in Hamas’ behavior, with the group making a real effort to stop rocket fire from the Gaza Strip toward Israel.
As for the Islamic State group, which has lost much territory in Iraq and Syria in the face of a US-led coalition campaign and an Iraqi government offensive to free the city of Mosul, the officer says it’s in retreat but that there are no signs of its imminent collapse.
— AP
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