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Clashes have been going on for some time, especially in the south, but also in Aleppo and elsewhere. This article gives quite a bit of detail: Russia Curbs Maher al-Assad’s Influence https://syrianobserver.com/EN/features/49024/russia-curbs-maher-al-assads-influence.html?fbclid=IwAR2yrJDD1MBhkQ_eJ7oGizGO7YVAKz1c2-pluzItSvkxmQB0Dy9BNJoP-dU Netanyahu is banking on Moscow: Russia Wants to Get Iran Out of Syria, Netanyahu Says After Putin Meet https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/russia-wants-to-get-iran-out-of-syria-netanyahu-says-after-putin-meet-1.6978647?fbclid=IwAR1Nj2fCTuHMzul6U6tglmtqKxV_iMFIL7fPaZPxyFVdHNvpRkfnvAnGxdU On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 1:22 AM John Reimann via Marxism < [email protected]> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > Open exchange of gun fire between Iranian and Russia troops has erupted in > Damascus. I suspect that this conflict is a product of (1) competition > between the imperialist interests of Iran and Russia; and (2) Russia's > closeness to the Israeli regime. > > > https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190416-11-dead-in-syria-clashes-between-russia-troops-and-pro-iran-militias/?fbclid=IwAR2bMrTNMmrj5uzuUw8SYPr4Si2HAbq-7wNo0pzKsh8o8-otWU8asdnBQzk > > > -- > *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black > Jacobins" by C. L. R. James > Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/mkaradjis%40gmail.com _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
