Reuters- Iran has no military advisers in southern Syria, a senior Iranian security official was quoted as saying on Saturday, adding that Tehran supports Russian efforts to bring the area under Syrian army control.

�We have said before that Iranian military advisers are not present in southern Syria and have not participated in recent operations,� the secretary of Iran�s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, told the Shargh Daily.

�We strongly support Russian efforts to drive terrorists out of the Syria-Jordan border and to bring the area under Syrian army control,� he added.

Reporting by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin; editing by David Stamp