The report cited U.S., European and Arab officials who said the retreat marks a significant setback to Tehran’s strategy of projecting power through its terror proxies across the region.
Thousands of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps troops, along with pro-Tehran fighters mainly stationed in Damascus, Aleppo and eastern Syria fled the country, with many escaping to al-Qaim on the Iraqi side of the shared border with Syria, according to the report. (Read More)