Tehran ready to give Syria $5.8 bln; Funding for Hizb’ullah?
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei backs offering $5.8 billion in aid to Syria to bolster its economy, a French newspaper said on Friday, citing a report by a Tehran think-tank linked to Iran’s leadership.
I am all for Tehran giving away billions to shore up Assad. It is akin to pissing on a hot rock, so more power to Khamenei in throwing money across the border. The trouble is that Assad doesn’t need money, so my thought is that much if not all of this “aid” will go directly to Hizb’ullah. This can be seen as a “pre-funding” of Hizb’ullah’s future needs, since the Iran-Syria-Hizb’ullah pipeline might soon become non-operational, along with Assad’s regime.