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Kuwait and Bahrain have initiated contacts with the Syrian government to discuss the possibility of receiving military support against Iran, Almodon reported on July 24.
The move comes as Gulf concerns mount over a potential expansion of the United States’ confrontation with the Islamic Republic and the risk of a ground incursion.
Sources with knowledge of the matter told the Lebanese news website that Damascus has expressed preliminary approval for the request. Any implementation of such a step, however, would remain conditional on securing international approval, in light of the prevailing security and regional arrangements, the sources added.
The report came after a visit by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani to Kuwait, which officially centered on bolstering bilateral relations and expanding cooperation between the two countries. During the visit, al-Shibani declared Damascus’ solidarity with Kuwait and Gulf states in facing security threats.
Bahraini Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa also made a trip to Damascus recently, where he met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
For several weeks, Iran has concentrated its retaliatory attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait, both of which host U.S. military bases.
A recent report by The Wall Street Journal revealed that the two states quietly deployed fighter jets to strike targets inside the Islamic Republic earlier this month with backing from the United Arab Emirates. Fear of Iranian escalation after this move may be one reason why they are now seeking military support from Syria.
There have indeed been clear signs that the Islamic Republic could act much more harshly against both Kuwait and Bahrain.
Iranian MP Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani, a former member of the parliamentary National Security Commission, recently said that Tehran could launch ground attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain if the U.S. invaded Iranian territory.
Former Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, now a member of parliament, also said Tehran should go further than striking U.S. military bases in the region and consider capturing American soldiers.
“The U.S. threats have intensified, and it has said that it will seize Kharg Island and take control of Iran’s oil facilities,” Mottaki said.
“I have been advocating for a ground war for a long time. We should seize one of the US bases in the region, capture its forces, and bring them back to our country,” he added.
Shia Muslims constitute a large portion of the population in both Bahrain and Kuwait, which means even a temporary raid by Iranian forces could bring about the end of the monarchy there.
Both states apparently see the rising Islamist-led government in Syria as a counterweight to Iran, especially since it is led by rebels who fought forces backed by the Islamic Republic for over a decade. For this exact reason, U.S. President Donald Trump has been openly weighing the idea of asking Syria to intervene in Lebanon against Hezbollah, a close ally of Iran.
Such a move could, however, bring disastrous consequences to Syria. The country, which is still torn by its civil war, could become the center of a wider regional sectarian conflict. And taking into account Tehran’s military superiority, this is not likely to end well for Damascus.
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eu falei! arábia saudita, eau, kwait, bahréin, catar, jordânia, omã, turquia, egito, azerbaijão e inclusive o paquistão são todos pró-israel. não entendem que o inimigo do irã é o inimigo deles.
todo país que atacar o irã estará ajudando israel e é a favor de israel e de sua doutrina sionista
we will carve iran like a lamb carcass…heheheh
not happening. 🤡🤡🤡
hezbollah and iran will make short work of head chopper jewlani if he agrees to act as cannon fodder for the jooz and amerikunts. they are s**t scared of taking on iran directly and are desperately grubbing around looking for stooges to do their dirty work for them. but even the turds aren’t stupid enough to take on iran for the benefit of the jewsa. and chumpo seems to expect throat slitter jewlani to take on hezb. and iran at the same time
the amerikunts will soon free themselves from joo tyranny! heheheheh
alciada to the rescue americas mercenary army
lmao! what help could primitive al qaeda morons possibly provide? :d
they are sectarians who only excel at massacring civilians so i guess the bahraini dictator could use them to slaughter the shia people of bahrain.
when mulattos rape my asmericunt anuz i beg ugly joo for used condom
how can syria help? it is not a nation. it is a terrorist founded regime the extracts plunder from the population. what is its gdp ?
syria didn’t even rebuild! syria can’t really do much.
arab trash showing their true colors….nearly all of them willing dick washers for their anglo-zionist masters.
at the end of this iran would have pummeled those arabs so hard and then isreal with the help off trump will attack the weakened arabs and conquer them. syria, jordan and the gulf arabs all little gazas. just like the oh so proud westukrainians will have to kiss polish boot after the poles move into the west while russia takes the souths and east . kiew will become either a irrelevant city state or a wasteland.
syrians would be rather stupid to get involved into this. but, if they do we have many thousands of tonns of sarin to get rid of pest and rats.