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2026-08-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Former Assad security chief traced to Moscow

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Posted by badanov 2026-08-10 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [211 views ] Top

1 Please spare me the shocked face. Assad ended up in RU did he not ?

If my memory is correct, truckloads of Saddam's chem program were reported to have been transported to Syria before his fall. The RU linkage and friendship appears to span several decades.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-08-10 06:12|| 2026-08-10 06:12|| Front Page Top

2 The Russia link goes back to the Soviet days, when so many of the Arab countries and terror groups were communist or socialist.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-08-10 11:01|| 2026-08-10 11:01|| Front Page Top

3 Like the USSR-abetted PLO

Posted by Frank G 2026-08-10 11:19|| 2026-08-10 11:19|| Front Page Top

4 Them, too.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-08-10 13:19|| 2026-08-10 13:19|| Front Page Top

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