Iranian Weapons Help Bashar Assad Put Down Syria Protests, Officials Say -- MSNBCWASHINGTON -- Iran is providing a broad array of assistance to Syrian President Bashar Assad to help him suppress anti-government protests, from high-tech surveillance technology to guns and ammunition, U.S. and European security officials say.
Tehran's technical assistance to Assad's security forces includes electronic surveillance systems, technology designed to disrupt efforts by protesters to communicate via social media, and Iranian-made drone aircraft for overhead surveillance, the officials said. They discussed intelligence matters on condition of anonymity.
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My Comment: In response to Iran's support of Syrian dictator Assad, U.S. officials are pressuring Iraq to block Iranian air-flights to Syria .... or to at least inspect the cargoes. But for the moment .... the Iraqis are remaining silent on this issue or countering that they do not permit Iranian arms to over-fly their country.