Assad employing Iranian Basij militia

Shavua tov, a good week to everyone.Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has borrowed his friend Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's militia. The Beirut Observer last week reported that two planes filled with Iran's Basij militia were flown from Iran to Damascus last Saturday. (The story was picked up by Kol Israel Arabic.)The purpose was to protect the Assad regime from continuing protests throughout the