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Iran backs Syria

Iran has offered support to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad as his forces tried to counter rebels in the city of Aleppo.

Assad seeks to restore his authority after suffering the gravest setbacks so far in the 17-month-old uprising, culminating in the defection of his prime minister.

Saeed Jalili, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said that Iran would not let its close partnership with the Syrian leadership to be shaken by the uprising or external foes.

Damascus and Tehran have held Sunni Muslim Gulf Arab states and Turkey, all allies of the United States and European powers, responsible for the bloodshed in Syria by supporting the overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim rebels. Western powers sympathetic to the rebels are concerned that anti-Western Sunni Islamists could benefit from a victory for the anti-Assad forces.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, without naming Iran or Sunni powers, warned against a descent into "sectarian warfare" and said Washington would not tolerate "sending in proxies or terrorist fighters" to "exploit" Syria's conflict.

In Aleppo, rebels trying to fight off an army offensive, accepted that they were running low on ammunition as Assad's forces tried to encircle their stronghold in the southern approaches to the country's biggest city.

Assad has reinforced his troops in preparation for an assault to recapture rebel-held districts of Aleppo after repelling fighters from most of Damascus. A fighter jet pounded targets in the eastern districts of Aleppo.
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