Unlike US, Iran's military advisory presence in Syria is at request of Syrian government: Kharrazi
A senior Iranian diplomat says Iran's military forces play an advisory role in Syria at the request of Damascus, unlike the American troops that are deployed to the country without the Syrian government's consent.
Asked whether Iran will leave Syria, Kamal Kharrazi, the head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said on Wednesday that Iran's presence in Syria is of advisory nature, unlike the US' and Turkey's presence in the country, stressing that his country’s presence is taking place at the invitation of the Syrian government.
He stressed that the future of Iran's advisory mission in Syria depends on the situation in the war-ravaged country.
Kharrazi made the remarks during a meeting with media in Lebanon to where he headed following his trip to Syria during which he met President Bashar al-Assad.
Elsewhere in his remarks, he vowed that no Israeli crime committed against the Iranian advisors in Syria will go unanswered.
Iran maintains an advisory mission in Syria at the request of Damascus with the aim of helping the war-torn West Asian country get rid of the foreign-backed militants, who have been fighting against the democratically-elected Syrian government since 2011.
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