Iranian military advisors’ presence in Syria comes at Damascus’s demand: Russia

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News ID: 26092
Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 14:27 - 17 July 2018
TEHRAN, July 17 - Russian President’s Especial Envoy to Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev confirmed said no Iranian forces existed in southern Syria.

Iranian military advisors’ presence in Syria comes at Damascus’s demand: RussiaTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Interfax news agency quoted him as saying the Russia-US summit held in Helsinki covered issues of security and cooperation between the countries.

He added that Iranian forces are no longer present in southern Syria, while the armed groups there show a tendency for reconciliation except so-called Daesh and al-Nusra Front.

Lavrentiev acknowledged deployment of Iranian advisors in Syria, whose presence was at the request of the legitimate Syrian government.

Source: KUNA

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