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On October 12, the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Qabas reported that Iran had informed Hezbollah that it would cut funding to the Shia militia by forty percent.

According to al qabas the cutback is a result of growing economic sanctions and a diversion of resources to help Bashar Assad in his crackdown on the pro-reform movement in Syria. Iran is looking increasingly isolated. Meanwhile as the map above shows the US military has Iran surrounded on all sides.