isit to Tehran.
Ahmadinejad believes that Syria has lost much of its value as a glacis for Iran. With Syria out of Lebanon, Iran itself could become the major foreign influence in the country.
Shiites, accounting for 40 per cent of the population, represent the largest community in Lebanon and provide the Islamic Republic with the strongest domestic base any foreign power would need in that country.
At the same time the overthrow of Saddam Hussain means that Iran no longer needs Syria to counter-balance Iraq within Arab regional politics.
So….
Under Bashar Al Assad , Syria, once a bride that everyone courted despite her obvious ugliness, has been transformed into a widow that everyone shuns.
It is hard to see where Al Assad’s Baathist regime could go from here, except out.
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