Tehran, Iran, August 21
By Mehdi Sepahvand – Trend:
A high-ranking Syrian official has attended a security meeting of the Iranian Parliament.
Hussain Raqib al- Hussain, deputy head of Syria’s Committee on National Expediency, accompanied Iranian MPs in the day’s meeting of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Tasnim news agency reported August 21.
Tehran has stood behind the Syrian government since civil unrest broke out in the Arab country in 2011, which took a new turn as the Islamic State (aka IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) took swaths of land in the country.
Iran stresses that it does not partake in on-ground military operations in Syria, but backs President Bashar al-Assad forces with military consultation.
Recently, Iran opened one of its airbases to Russian bombers which would launch air raids on terrorists in Syria.