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Iran's military admits to assisting Assad regime

The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that their elite force troops are providing “non-military” assistance in Syria.

Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Jafari holds a press conference in Tehran on September 16, 2012. Jafari said members of his elite special operations unit, the Quds Force, are present in Syria and Lebanon but only to provide 'counsel.'

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