Iran training volunteer 'advisers' to serve in Syria
TEHRAN - A senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard said Wednesday that it is training volunteer "advisers" to serve alongside President Bashar Assad's forces in Syria.
General Mohsen Kazemeini said Iran feels an "obligation" to send "military advisers" to Syria to protect Shiite shrines at the request of the Assad government. His comments were posted Wednesday on a website for the Basij, a paramilitary division of the Guard.
"The Basij division of Tehran carries out registration of volunteers for advisory activities in Syria," Kazemeini said. "Only a few of those trained are dispatched to Syria."
