If VK objects to me adding this to the thread I will take it away and begin another one but I consider Iran interwoven with Russia and Syria and think that entire area is now a tinderbox.

In that light, I read this tonight...

" A Russian cargo ship loaded with weapons is en route to Syria and due to arrive at a Syrian port this weekend, Al Arabiya television said in a report that Western diplomats in New York described on Friday as credible.

Syria is one of Russia's top weapons customers. The United States and European Union have suggested the U.N. Security Council should impose an arms embargo and other U.N. sanctions on Syria for its 14-month assault on a pro-democracy opposition determined to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad."

Russian arms shipment en route to Syria: report | Reuters