Iran and Russia working to push US out of Syria, Pentagon official says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Last month, National Security Council coordinator John Kirby told the Washington Examiner that the U.S. is concerned that Russia is working with Iran to produce Iranian UAVs from inside Russia, and that, "This plant could be fully operational early next year."
49% : Iran, in return, has also finalized a deal to buy Su-35 fighter jets from Russia and is looking for additional weapons and equipment, including attack helicopters, radars, and YAK-130 trainer aircraft.
48% : "My assessment, and we have some evidence to support this, is that as Russia and Iran have pulled themselves closer together, that there is interest on both sides to push us out of Syria to put a pressure campaign on us," the official said.
47% : Iran and Russia are working in concert to force the U.S. military out of Syria, a senior defense official told reporters on Friday.
44% : The official believes that there is a "qualitative difference here now," given the strengthened relationship between Iran and Russia, which has largely been forged during the latter's war in Ukraine.
42% : Iran has provided Russia with hundreds of deadly drones that it subsequently used to target Ukrainian infrastructure.

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