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Monday, September 17, 2012

Iran: Troops in Syria, may intervene militarily if attacked

Iran: Troops in Syria, may intervene militarily if attacked
Members of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) are in Syria providing non-military assistance and Iran may get involved militarily if Syria comes under attack, its commander said on Sunday. The statement is the first official acknowledgement from a senior military commander that Iran has a military presence on the ground in Syria...


Iran confirms it has forces in Syria and will take military action if pushed
In a clear public signal of Tehran's continuing support for Assad, the commander of the Islamic republic's elite military formation said that a number of members of the IRGC's Qods force were in Syria, though General Mohammad Ali Jafari gave no further details and claimed this did not constitute "a military presence". 

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