A high-ranking but unnamed US State Department official has accused Iranian ground troops of being involved in the ongoing Syrian Civil War, saying that an “unknown number” are fighting alongside the Assad government.
Allegations of Iranian involvement are nothing new, but in the past centering around the known fact that Iranian military advisers are in Syria and unconfirmed reports of Iranians going to Syria for religious reasons to back the government against Sunni insurgents.
A significant ground deployment by the Iranian military would be an entirely different matter, and would underscore the increasingly regional nature of a war in which GCC-backed Islamist rebels are fighting an Alawite government backed by regional Shi’ite blocs.
The problem is that the State Department official announced this, but provided no evidence to back up the allegation, and there is no indication Iran has meaningful numbers of troops in Syria in the first place, let alone that they are playing a role in the fighting on the ground. So far, the only external faction confirmed to be fighting on the Assad government’s side has been Hezbollah.
Hey.., us from other half of the world training terrorists to overthrow a legitimate government wanting to replace it with worse then terrorism.., Iran is the neighbor of Syria.., what did you expect.., for Iranians to look the other way and let USA and NATO invade Syria then Iran…?
So? Israeli troops are fighting in Syria alongside al-Qaeda.
Well it makes sense doesn´t it? Why should the Iranians play sitting ducks, waiting for the Zionist pariah´s proxy forces (US) to pick them if (and that´s a major if) they succeed destroying Syria? It´s all about "israel" and their hegemony.
They sure has military advisors and maybe small elite forces to counter Mossad/CIA/Mi5 but not much more, Syria has all the professional manpower it needs in the regular army and people signing up for NDF and Baath party militias increase by the day, especially now when SAA are scoring victories and are mopping up the last remnants of ZATO´s merc´s….
It's called allies and can be called upon, can't they?
Good.
If the US and stooges arm, train and recruit terrorits, why cannot Iran send some figthers to support Syria. Actually, I wish my country did the same.