{"id":30691,"date":"2018-08-28T00:53:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T00:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/28\/iran-says-it-signed-deal-to-rebuild-syrias-military\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:18:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:18:41","slug":"iran-says-it-signed-deal-to-rebuild-syrias-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/08\/28\/iran-says-it-signed-deal-to-rebuild-syrias-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran says it signed deal to rebuild Syria\u2019s military"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIRUT \u2014 Iran has signed a deal to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/15\/iran-has-no-intention-to-leave-syria-top-official-says\/\" target=_blank>rebuild Syria\u2019s armed forces<\/a>, which have been depleted by more than seven years civil war, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/08\/26\/iran-says-no-third-party-will-limit-its-support-to-syria\/\" target=_blank>Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami<\/a> said on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hatami, on a two-day visit to Syria, told the Beirut-based al-Mayadeen TV station that the agreement also stipulates helping rebuild Syria&#8217;s military industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement comes as the U.S. under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/13\/trump-says-there-might-be-an-escalation-between-us-iran\/\" target=_blank>President Donald Trump<\/a> is toughening its stance on Iran\u2019s support for Syrian President Bashar Assad\u2019s government, which has weathered a calamitous civil war.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/31\/assad-wants-american-troops-out-of-syria-and-threatens-to-attack-region-under-us-backed-kurds\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18151348549246.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Assad wants American troops out of Syria and threatens to attack region under US-backed Kurds<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Syrian President Bashar Assad threatened to attack a region held by U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria, saying in an interview broadcast on Russia Today channel on Thursday that American troops should leave the country.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House has demanded that Iran extract itself from Syria as an essential precondition to lifting sanctions that went into effect earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel has also been critical of Iran\u2019s expanding role in Syria, saying it won\u2019t tolerate a permanent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/05\/us-military-to-keep-persian-gulf-waterway-open-despite-iran-threats\/\" target=_blank>Iranian military presence <\/a>near its frontiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran has been an essential backer of Syria&#8217;s government in the civil war now in its seventh year, providing advisers, military supplies, training and thousands of militiamen to fight alongside the Syrian army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hatami said Iran was in Syria at the invitation of the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The precise details of the agreement were not announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Syrian government does not release casualty numbers, but monitoring groups say the government has lost tens of thousands of fighters since the civil war broke out in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran and Russia both intervened on behalf of the government as opposition forces gained ground in the early years of the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/08\/08\/iran-navy-exercise-was-a-message-to-us-on-sanctions-says-top-us-commander-in-mideast\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" 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