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Iranian Hostages Held by Syria Rebels Are Linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard

(Wall Street Journal) Farnaz Fassihi - The 48 Iranians being held hostage by Syria's rebel army traveled to Damascus on Saturday as part of a large contingent on a trip organized by a Revolutionary Guard Corps travel agency. "Everyone on this trip was either a Guard or a Basij militia. This wasn't a regular tour group," said an employee of the tour agency. People familiar with the trip said the men were active members of the Revolutionary Guards on a mission to train Syrian forces in counterinsurgency methods, modeled after IRGC's battles with Kurdish and Baluchi separatist groups.

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