Iran will support Syria “to the end” in case US use military force

Iran’s elite Quds Force unit commander Qassem Soleimani has said, “the aim of the United States is not to protect human rights ... but to destroy the front of resistance [against Israel],” Soleimani was quoted as saying by AFP citing local media,  “we will support Syria to the end,” he added in a speech to the Iranian Assembly of Experts, without elaborating, however, Iran’s Defense Minister, Hossein Dehqan, ruled out sending troops or weapons to Syria, “the Syrians do not need us to provide them with weapons because they have a defensive anti-aircraft system themselves,” Dehqan was quoted as saying.