U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT: IRAN'S IRGC HAS SET UP A TRAINING BASE IN LEBANON

Jerusalem Post

"The US State Department has released a video alleging that Iran has established a military training base in Lebanon in close proximity to Rayak Air Force base near the border with Syria. According to David Daoud, a research analyst on Hezbollah and Lebanon at United Against Nuclear Iran, while the video suggests that IRGC base was discovered this past February, it 'could be much older.' Nevertheless, the fact that the base is in close proximity to Rayak air base shows two things, Daoud said. 'First, how compromised the eastern Lebanese-Syrian border is to entry of 'resistance axis' elements and the Lebanese state's inability to properly police its territory against Iranian penetration. The IRGC base's proximity to the LAF's Rayak Air Base only underscores this,' he said. 'Second, it further demonstrates unification of the 'Resistance Axis' that Nasrallah and other Iranian proxy-militia leaders have often mentioned, where in a future war (say, against Israel) Hezbollah would not fight alone, but would be joined by other forces.'”