Hezbollah Trains Syrians!

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/06/16/Hezbollah-trains-Assad-forces-for-Aleppo-offensive-.html

The Hezbollah forces, trained in urban warfare in Iran, are now training some Syrian units in urban warfare. 

It was often clear in videos taken by Syrian rebels, that Assad's mechanized forces were not well suited to operating in built-up environments. The Syrian army was basically trained to fight the Israelis in open armored warfare. But now they are being re-trained and, apparently, they are performing much better, hence their recent victories.

The Syrians are also concentrating their forces in the northwest, especially near Aleppo. This is important to keep in mind because the US is supporting Syrian rebel forces operating near the Jordanian border, i.e., in the southeast. In other words, helping the rebels in the southeast, even if it is done well and in a timely fashion, is not going to help the rebels near Aleppo--unless "our" rebels can threaten either Damascus or the Syrian lines of supply running from the capital to Iraq.

Iranian supplies, and possibly troops, are moving along those roads running from Baghdad to Damascus, and are within striking distance of the Jordanian border.