The cash flow problem has undercut Iran in Syria too. Both it and Hezbollah have been forced to cut the salaries of fighters protecting Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime. Iranian oil deliveries to Syria have plummeted from 66,000 barrels a day at the end of 2018 to nothing, precipitating gasoline shortages that have forced Syrians to que for up to nineteen hours. Iran’s credit lines to the Assad regime have also dried up. In Washington, the hope is that the loss of Iranian largesse will eventually compel Assad to agree to an inclusive political framework for post-war Syria.