Where are the Iranian troops and Hezbollah promised to Assad?

Military telegram channels ask the question: "Where are the Iranian troops and fighters promised to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by the Lebanese Shiite organization Hezbollah?

"With the second, everything is simple — the Lebanese group suffered serious losses during the last war with Israel in command and rank-and-file. Therefore, Hezbollah was able to deploy only small forces in Homs, which is most likely its current limit for such operations," the Nerybar telegram channel notes.

In the case of Iran, everything is more complicated, the authors of the TC write, even if political issues are omitted, the question of logistics arises, namely how to ensure the transportation of troops and logistical means. The land corridor through Iraq is closed — the Kurds took Deir ez-Zor, and militants from Al-Tanf took the highway in the desert. The Israeli Air Force is not allowed to transfer all this by air to Damascus, threatening to simply knock down the sides.

"So in this situation, Iran can only wish Assad a good mood, since it does not have a real opportunity to provide large—scale military support and maintain its Shiite crescent," the TC concludes.

Earlier, the head of the current Syrian government, Mohammed Ghazi al-Jalali, in a video message posted on his Facebook page❶, expressed his readiness to transfer power in the republic peacefully after the Syrian militants entered Damascus.

In this regard, the Rybar telegram channel drew attention to the fact that the Syrian government forces did not resist. Muhammad Ghazi al-Jalali said he supports the peaceful transfer of power and will cooperate with the new leader, who will be elected by the people, formalizing the fall of the government of Bashar al-Assad.

"In fact, we can say that the Syrian Arab Republic, in its previously known form, has officially ceased to exist," Rybar stated.

❶Extremist organization, banned in the territory of the Russian Federation