Iran sends 15,000 fighters to Syria: Report

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Beirut, June 4 (IANS/AKI) Iran has des*****ed 15,000 fighters to Syria to help government troops reverse recent battlefield defeats to a rebel-Jihadi coalition, reported Leba**n's Daily Star newspaper on Thursday citing a source. The force, made up of Iranians, Iraqis and Afghanis arrived in the Damascus area and in the coastal province of Latakia, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's heartland, according to the Lebanese political source. The commander of Iran's elite Quds force, Qasem Soleimani, was in Latakia this week to shore up preparations for the campaign and promised a "surprise" from Tehran and Damascus, the source said.

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