Originally Posted by
Asturias56
I take the point but TBH they don't need to - their proxies in the Lebanon & Syria are a lot cheaper and probably more effective.
And their naval forces aren't of sufficient weight for their presence in that littoral area to matter, other than for signaling intent or posturing. The juice isn't worth the squeeze.
They've enough to do in the Persian Gulf on a day to day basis, in any event.