Iran-backed Palestinian faction chiefs leave Syria amid pressure from new regime -- sources

[Beastly Boy]

Two Palestinian sources tell AFP that the leaders of pro-Iran Palestinian factions who were close to former Tehran-backed ruler Bashar al-Assad have left Syria under pressure from the new authorities.

The factions, which enjoyed considerable freedom of movement under Assad, have also handed over their weapons, one of the sources said, amid US demands that Syria’s new authorities take steps against Iran-backed Palestinian groups based in the country.

A pro-Iran Palestinian factional leader who left after Assad’s December ouster says on condition of anonymity that “most of the Palestinian factional leadership that received support from Tehran has left Damascus,” while another, still based there, confirmed the development.

“The factions have fully handed over weapons in their headquarters or with their cadres” to the authorities, who also received “lists of names of faction members possessing individual weapons” and demanded that those arms be handed over, the first adds.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-backed-palestinian-faction-chiefs-leave-syria-amid-pressure-from-new-regime-sources/

[comradebillyboy]

1. The new Syrian dictator feels that a period of

peace and stability might be beneficial. Armed Palestinian militias breed more turmoil and violence.

[Beastly Boy]

2. I think the Syrian dictator senses where the wind blows.

Iran and its proxies failed to derail the Abraham accords. The momentum is switching towards rapid changes in the ME in that direction and away from Iran. Syria is jockeying for an advantageous position in that coalition before all the good seats are taken.

[comradebillyboy]

3. A rare level of common sense for a former terrorist.