Posted on Nov 26, 2016
Iran considers naval bases in Yemen, Syria
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency is reporting that the country's chief of staff of the armed forces has said that Tehran is interested in setting up naval bases in both Syria and Yemen.
The Saturday report by Tasnim quotes Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri as saying, "Maybe, at some point we will need bases on the shores of Yemen and Syria."
He said, "Having naval bases in remote distances is not less than nuclear power. It is ten times more important and creates deterrence."
Gen. Bagheri added that setting up naval platforms off the shores of those countries requires "infrastructures there first."
Iran is currently helping Shiite rebels in Yemen and the Syrian government in their fights against the Islamic State extremist group.
The Saturday report by Tasnim quotes Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri as saying, "Maybe, at some point we will need bases on the shores of Yemen and Syria."
He said, "Having naval bases in remote distances is not less than nuclear power. It is ten times more important and creates deterrence."
Gen. Bagheri added that setting up naval platforms off the shores of those countries requires "infrastructures there first."
Iran is currently helping Shiite rebels in Yemen and the Syrian government in their fights against the Islamic State extremist group.
Iran considers naval bases in Yemen, Syria
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No surprise there SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL with the Houthi rebels in control of much of the strategically important area of Yemen and the Hezbollah in control of much of Lebanon and Syria's Bashar Assad's good graces not to mention Russian sympathies it may make sense for Iran to establish bases in the gulf of Aden and in northern Lebanon - albeit outside of easy rang of Israeli short-to-mid range missiles.
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We build the weapons, the Iranians build the targets. Sounds like a win/win to me.
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