Members of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) are in Syria providing non- military assistance and its commander has said Iran may get involved militarily if Syria comes under attack.
The statement is the first official acknowledgement from a senior military commander that Iran has a military presence on the ground in Syria, where an uprising has left tens of thousands dead since it began 18 months ago.
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