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, this against the background of activity and of the Iranian general against Israel.
According to the news network from a source within the Syrian regime, Damascus expressed anger over the "over-activation" of the pro-Iranian militias, apparently in operations against the United States and Israel, and claimed that the Iranian general's conduct in "violating Syria's sovereignty".
In addition, the source claimed that the general admitted to his Syrian counterparts that he had ordered the placement of weapons and people in places where the Syrian regime had explicitly prohibited it, information that acquires meaning, according to the source, against the background of Israeli attacks in the country.
The source also claimed to the Saudi network that Jafari had approved a series of military attacks on the United States and Israel, without receiving permission from the government in Damascus.
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.
The source added that the militias made use of Syria's natural resources in order to fill their pockets systematically.
In the last three weeks, foreign media have attributed no less than seven airstrikes on Syrian territory.
The target of the attack was, according to reports in Syria, weapons and ammunition depots of the pro-Iranian militias in Syria, as well as elements related to the missile accuracy of the Hezbollah terrorist organization.
