Iran sends troops to Syria
Wednesday May 30, 2012 08:18:40 AM,
Agencies
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Tehran:
Iran has sent its troops what it called "to help" the regime of embattled Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad fight opposition forces, a senior commander of the
Iranian Revolutionary Guards has said.
"Before our presence in Syria, too many people were killed by the
opposition but with the physical and non-physical presence of the
Islamic republic, big massacres in Syria were prevented," said
Ismail Gha'ani, deputy head of the Quds force, a branch of the
Revolutionary Guards in charge of overseas operations.
Gha'ani said this in an interview with the Iranian Students' News
Agency (ISNA), RIA Novosti reported.
According to the Persian-language GozaraNews website, ISNA
published the interview Sunday night but subsequently removed it
from its website "under pressure".
Syria is Iran's most important regional ally, and Tehran has long
used its neighbour's territory as a base for operations to
maintain a lifeline to militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas in
Lebanon and Gaza respectively, RIA Novosti said.
Rumours that Iran has been providing military support to Assad to
assist his crackdown on the uprising that has challenged his
family's 40-year grip on power, have been circulating since the
protests began in March 2011.
Hundreds of civilians including
women and children have been so far killed by the Assad forces. On
May 25, at least 90 people
including 25 children were killed in an attack by the Syrian government forces and
loyalists on Houla, a town in Homs province.
The Syrian aggression has invited
strong world outrage forcing the UN Security Council to call an
emergency meeting.
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