Iran’s worst week in Syria: Heavy losses, no exit (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

For a country that does not even acknowledge its troops are fighting on the ground in Syria (calling them instead“volunteers”), admitting that it lost 13 commanders in one week is a testament to its deepening involvement and the lack of an immediate exit.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/05/10/Iran-s-worst-week-in-Syria-Heavy-losses-no-exit.html