SYRIA-LEBANON-IRAN: CRACKDOWN ON RADICAL SHIAS

• Document Type: FOIA
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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06804840
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• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: September 24, 2019
• Case Number: F-2019-00121
• Publication Date: September 25, 1984

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CrackdoWn on Radical Shies
Syria appears to be moving against Iranian
groups in Lebanon to prevent additional terrorist
-backed radical Shia
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acts.
tanks facing the
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a company of Syrian
Shaykh Abdullah barracks in Balabakk, a major
area for Iranian Revolutionary Guard units and
training and housing
Lebanese Shia
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extremist groups. Syrian troops
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began encircling Revolutionary Guard positions
near An Nabi Shit on
Sunday.
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Syrian troops have clashed with "radical Shia fighters in eastern
Lebanon several times since spring.
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Syrian leaders recently decided to force extremist groups out of the
�Bekaa Valley despite appeals by Iranian officials.
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Comment: The Syrian Government probably hopes to prevent further
terrorist attacks at this time by restricting the Revolutionary Guard
and the Lebanese Shia extremists, who use the Syrian-controlled
Bekaa Valley as a staging area. Damascus supports efforts by the
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Lebanese Government to improve security in Beirut and no longer
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welcome's terrorist activities by the radical Shias.
The Syrins almost certainly believe they will need US assistance to
end the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon. They presumably
believe that terrorism against US personnel will discourage
Washington from becoming more involved in diplomacy aimed at an
Israeli withdrawal
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