Iran Plots Syrian President’s Ouster

DEBKAfile's Iran sources reveal they have hatched a plan to replace the vacillating
figure in Damascus with a puppet at their beck and call, modeled on
Hizballah’s Hassan Nasrallah. It is not known if Assad knows what is going on in his armed forces, or how deeply collaboration with Iranian intelligence for implanting these cells has penetrated the high Syrian command.
Such information would be of paramount bearing on the Syrian ruler’s decision on whether or not to stage a flare-up with Israel, now projected for November or early next winter. An American intelligence estimate, passed to Israel last week, predicts that Syria will then plans to ignite clashes by low-intensity military operations to test Israel’s responses.