[Grammar] inversion

[ZigZ4g]

Hello everyone

Is the following sentence using inversion? Why has the writer used this structure, please?

Particularly at risk, Farhi said, would be US special forces operating in the Middle East.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...r-is-irans-revolutionary-guard-a-terror-group

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes — the writer uses inversion here.

We often write sentences like this for the sake of variety. It's a matter of style.