[Avodah] Chanukah Question

[Yitzchok Levine]

For years I have been looking for an answer to following question.

We know that the war between the Jews and the Syrian Greeks went on 
for many years in EY. Therefore, those Jews living in Bavel must have 
known what was occurring in EY. Yet I have never read or heard that 
the Jews in Bavel sent help to the Jews in EY who were fighting 
against almost insurmountable odds.  If they did not send help, then 
why not. And if they did send assistance, be it in terms of Jewish 
soldiers or military supplies, can anyone give me a source where this 
is recorded?


Yitzchok Levine