THEYIZUMAN: Now Iran is next!
YOCHANAN VISSER: Assad has now granted Syrian citizenship to thousands of Iranians and Shiites from Pakistan and Afghanistan
AMOS HAREL: According to Israeli intelligence, in Syria there are now around 2,000 Iranian officers and advisers, members of the Revolutionary Guards, around 9,000 Shi’ite militiamen from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, and around 7,000 Hezbollah fighters.