The Iran Update aims to inform national security policy by providing timely, relevant, and independent open-source analysis of developments pertaining to Iran and its Axis of Resistance. Key TakeawaysIran has been building and training forces to target and kill US personnel and expel US forces from Syria. Some of the arms and training that Iran has provided to militias in Syria could also support transfers of advanced conventional weapons. [i] The article notes one document revealed that Iran is training Iranian-backed forces to construct and use explosively formed penetrators (EFPs) against US forces in Syria. The air defense weapons Iran has transferred to Syria, including man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), are effective for targeting helicopters.

Source: Washington Post June 02, 2023 01:57 UTC