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”.