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I'm John Batchel with my good colleagues, Bill Rajo and Akman Shurawi,

both of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy.

We've been looking at Sueda Province,, both of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy. We've been looking at

Suheda Province, one piece of the jigsaw puzzle that is the Middle East now in conflict, in war.

Ahmed always Iran as the brain of the octopus. We've been discussing the violence in Sueda. We've

talked about, Bill mentioned the violence against the Alawites along the coast several weeks ago. Where is Iran in this? Are they absent? Does the IRGC participate in some fashion in planning or supply? Is it indifferent to the violence in Syria? We wait for news about Iran talking to the

United States about continuing the ceasefire, settling the dispute over the suspect nuclear

weapons program. But there is the IRGC and Syria used to be its client state. Where is it now?

When it comes to Iran, I think they're just waiting and watching because they understand

that a weakness in the Syrian central government and a power vacuum or a security vacuum

in any area in Syria is an opportunity for them to fill that vacuum. And with all these talks

about Israel wanting a demilitarized zone that is is 60 kilometers in southern Syria, across three provinces.

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