A number of people were killed and wounded Friday in clashes between Russian and Iranian forces in the Syrian governorates of Deir al-Zour and Aleppo, according to local sources informed.
The sources told Anatolia that a barrier of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces stopped a convoy of Russian military police in the city of Mayadim in the countryside of Deir al-Zour, which resulted in the disappearance of the shift to clashes.
The clashes resulted in two deaths in the ranks of the Revolutionary Guard, and wounding four elements of the Russian military police, according to the same sources.
In Aleppo, north of the city, there were also clashes between the two sides at the international airport east of the city.
The clashes took place in Aleppo, the sources said, after Russian forces called on the Revolutionary Guard and its groups to evacuate the airport.
The same sources confirm that tension and competition for hegemony between Russian and Iranian forces in Syria has increased recently.
There was no official comment from Moscow or Tehran on the clashes between their forces in Syria.
Iran is everywhere
It is noteworthy that Iran intervened in the Syrian conflict early, and deployed some of its regular forces there to support the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
Some reports indicate that Iran has withdrawn its regular forces from Syria and has relied on military advisers, who are part of the Pasadaran forces, the Guards of the Revolution, and known for their action in parallel with the regular army, specifically the Quds Force.
Tehran is also dependent on many of the Shiite militias in Syria, and on its strategic ally and the Lebanese Hezbollah.
Iranian militias are the largest foreign force in Syria, and estimates are mixed.
Most of the fighters included in these militias are Revolutionary Guards and Basij, as well as Afghan militias.
The defense complex is located in Safira, the largest Syrian base in northern Syria.
Although Iranian militias spread throughout the country, they are mainly concentrated south of the capital Damascus and the southern suburbs of Aleppo, as well as the eastern Homs countryside.
Russian rules
Russia has several military bases there, the most important of which is the Hameimim base in Lattakia, which hosts Sukhoi aircraft, spy planes and tank carriers, as well as guns, S-400s and others.
It also has a base in Tartus, the only Russian naval base on the Mediterranean, and is a symbol of Moscow's influence in the Middle East, as well as a base in Palmyra with many soldiers and officers.
Under agreements between Moscow and Damascus, Russia has the right to deploy military forces outside the bases, and military police are deployed in some of the cities where the opposition came out.