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Source: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-12-10/western-officials-iran-retreating-from-syria-fight
Report: Iran Withdrawing Troops from Syria
(Bloomberg) Eli Lake - Iran is beginning to withdraw its Revolutionary Guard troops from Syria following heavy losses in a recent offensive, according to U.S. military officials. The infusion of Iranian forces into Syria over the summer was supposed to change the tide of the Syrian war that Assad was losing. One senior Western defense official said there were only 700 Iranian Revolutionary Guard members now fighting in the Russian-led offensive.