04.03.2012                      10.Adar. 5772

Bericht:

Iran boosting Syria military aid amid escalating crackdown

U.S. officials speaking to the Washington Post say intelligence reports indicate Iranian aid 'increasingly focused on lethal assistance'.

Iran is increasing the flow of military and intelligence aid to the Syrian army, as the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad attempts to brutally stamp out pockets of resistance across the country, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.
The report came after only a few weeks ago Iranian broadcaster Press TV reported that two Iranian warships docked at a Syrian port.
The vessels – a destroyer and a supply ship – are to provide maritime training to Syria's navy under an agreement between the two countries, according to the report….