Iran's primary objective regarding lines of communication in Syria and Iraq is to maintain control over as many routes as possible to facilitate the movement of the IRGC Quds Force, Hezbollah, and other Shia militias, while ensuring battlefield flexibility and developing diversified supply routes.

Authors

• Person: William J. Burns, Michèle Flournoy Organization: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  An Integrated U.S. Strategy to Address Iran's Nuclear and Regional ...

Sources

• An Integrated U.S. Strategy to Address Iran's Nuclear and Regional ... carnegieendowment.org William J. Burns, Michèle Flournoy · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace via serper

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• Iraq location
• Hezbollah entity
• Syria location
• IRGC-QF entity
• Iran entity