Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) are providing non-military assistance in Syria and Iran may get involved militarily if its closest ally comes under attack, commander-in-chief Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Sunday. Jafari's statement is the first official acknowledgement that Iran has a military presence on the ground in Syria where an 18-month-old uprising has left tens of thousands dead. Western countries and Syrian opposition groups have long suspected Iran has troops in Syria. Iran has denied this. "A number of members of the Qods force are present in Syria but this does not constitute a military presence,"...
