Iran: Our forces in Iraq and Syria outnumber Hezbollah's
Gen. Hossein Salami, deputy head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, claimed that Iranian backed local forces are active in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, and outnumber those of Hezbollah in Lebanon in size.
Meanwhile, Syrian opposition forces claimed that Iran had set up a "Syrian Hezbollah" which serves as the Revolutionary Guard's long arm in the region. They confirmed the claim that there was a large number of forces present in both Syria and Iraq.
