• The steps Moscow is taking today in Syria are part of a global plan to counter U.S. hegemony and further duck Iran, on which Russia now depends.

• Russia views Israel as an “American proxy” and therefore takes a particularly hostile stance toward Jerusalem, especially after the events of Black Sabbath.

• Russia’s goal, together in alliance with Syria and Iran, is to prevent the US from asserting its hegemony in the Middle East.

• The same can be seen at the global level: there Russia serves China’s interests, while regionally it serves Iran’s interests.

• On February 12, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s GSD claimed that Russian operators are being trained to use UAVs together with Iranians on the territory of Syria.

• The training is taking place together with Hezbollah at a military base near the city of Homs in Syria.

• Since January of this year, Russia has been officially (in fact earlier) conducting air patrols of the Syrian-Israeli border and erecting its observation posts there, where it deploys its infantry units.

• In fact, this provides a shield for Iranian military advisers and Hezbollah, which use southern Syria and the border with Israel to build their offensive infrastructure, to attack Israel.

• Iran-Russia military cooperation is not just growing stronger, Russia is becoming increasingly dependent on Iran and its military technology.

• Against the backdrop of Israel’s process of destroying Hamas, it is important for Russia to preserve not just the existence of the organization, but to ensure their legitimacy in the international arena. This is one of the reasons why the Russian Foreign Ministry is officially and pompously inviting the ringleaders of this group to Moscow.

• It is likely that Iran is increasingly pressuring Russia to help it defend itself against regular Israeli airstrikes on Iranian targets in Syria.

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