Reports that Syria is sending thousands of military personnel to Yemen to aid Saudi-backed forces against the Houthis should be dismissed for now and tips from "anonymous government sources" mean nothing, it could be Mr. Lip for all we know. Follow obituaries of Syrian soldiers who die under mysterious circumstances if you hope to find reliable evidence of such deployments.

Reports that Syria is sending thousands of military personnel to Yemen to aid Saudi-backed forces against the Houthis should be dismissed for now and tips from "anonymous government sources" mean nothing, it could be Mr. Lip for all we know. Follow obituaries of Syrian soldiers who die under mysterious circumstances if you hope to find reliable evidence of such deployments.