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Iran considering deploying ground forces to counter US intervention in Syria: reportsIran has grown increasingly concerned that southern Syria could see a cross-border American incursion from JordanAlex MacDonald Saturday 29 April 2017 10:47 UTCLast update: Saturday 29 April 2017 16:08 UTCIran’s foreign ministry condemned Israel’s incursions into Syria on Saturday as reports suggested Iran was mulling deploying ground forces to counter a potential US-led intervention in the country.Israeli jets struck an area near the International airport in Damascus on Thursday, reportedly an arms depot operated by the Lebanese Hezbollah militia."There was no doubt that the inroads were aimed at weakening Syria's legitimate government and in line with reinforcing Takfiri terrorists who have moved closer to the annihilation and defeat in the battlegrounds day by day," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said, according to the Fars news agency.He said the raids were a violation of Syria’s sovereignty."Thus, the raids flouted international laws and regulations,” he said.Continued: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-considering-deploying-ground-forces-counter-us-intervention-syria-reports-779276464