> us is not israel's ally either, but i'm not stupid enough to pretend that is actually true. i'm not going to go through the long history trying to explain why russia isn't iran ally, even though iran would love for russia to actually become one but russia is too jewified for that.   > iran isnt exactly driven by its "im a shia so i only deal with shias" rhetoric that sunnis like to use. theyre very much willing to backstab their own in favor for more power, thats why they survived this long and the people arent really up for a regime change. iran's alliance with bashar wasn't based on religion. alawites are heretics from twelver perspective. iran's alliances with the zaydi ansarullah in yemen since the 2010s and with sunni pij and hamas in palestine since the 2000s are all about pragmatism and mutual interests. hafez al-assad and iran supported opposing sides in the 1980s during the lebanese civil war. iran and syria got closer and became allies after bashar al-assad came to power in 2000.
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