The Saudi news network Al-Hadath reported today (Wednesday) on an unprecedented rift between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Tehran.
According to the report, Assad expelled from the country the commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the country, General Mustafa Javed Jafari.
According to the news network from a source within the Syrian regime, Damascus expressed anger over the "over-activism" of the pro-Iranian militias, apparently in actions against the United States and Israel, and claimed that the Iranian general was "violating Syria's sovereignty."
In addition, the source reveals, the Syrians were outraged at a trade made by militia leaders in the country's black market, taking advantage of Syria's economic hardship and severe shortage of basic goods in the country, in order to enrich the coffers of the organizations and their commanders.