Iran called on the region to unite against Israel after a reported attack on Syria and said it was ready to train the Damascus government's army.
Israel carried out its second air strike in days on Syria early on Sunday, targeting Iranian-supplied missiles headed for Lebanon's Hezbollah, a Western intelligence source said.
Tehran on Sunday denied the attack was aimed at "its missiles destined for Hezbollah resistance fighters in Lebanon," according to the Islamic state's English-language Press TV.
Iran has supported its ally Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in his efforts to suppress a rebellion that has raged for more than two years and which Tehran and Damascus say is being waged by Western-backed "terrorists".
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast urged countries in the region to stand against the "assault", the Fars news agency reported on Sunday.
Iranian army ground forces commander Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said on Sunday Iran was ready to support its ally.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/05/us-syria-crisis-iran-idUSBRE94402820130505
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