On Thursday, media outlets reported that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has ordered the removal of a senior Iranian commander in Syria

Sources close to the Syrian regime told Al-Arabiya Net that "Assad has sought to release Jawad Ghafari, a senior Iranian commander in Syria."

The sources noted that "the dismissal, in addition, of the deputy commander of the Syrian navy came after he engaged in corrupt activities in the Syrian coastal area in the west of the country," adding that "the regime is working to tighten control over Iran and its agents in the Syrian coastal region."

The removal of the senior Iranian official and the removal of the deputy commander of the Syrian navy (who helped Iran hide the fact that their weapons were in the port) came against the backdrop of Israeli airstrikes on Iranian ships arriving at Iranian ships and targeted Hezbollah in Lebanon. Syria to the world. 

President Assad understood that the Iranian activity together with its collaborators among the senior and corrupt Syrian officer would inflict unbearable economic damage on his country, until he had to act immediately to prevent further attacks. For a while in pushing the Iranians out of Syria, with only a small degree of success, if any.