World Bulletin / News Desk

Around 400 Iranian troops have been killed in Syria since the beginning of the country's civil war, according to Iranian media.

On Wednesday, the semi-official Tasnim News Agency said four Iranian revolutionary guards have been killed in Syria in the latest incident.

Forces from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have lost 54 military personnel, including three high ranked officers, while supporting Bashar al-Assad’s regime forces against the Syrian opposition.

On Oct. 23, Fars News Agency had quoted General Ramazan Sharif, spokesman of the Revolutionary Guards, as saying that “Iran increased the number of its soldiers in the region” as part of a new ground offensive in Syria. 

At least 250,000 people have been killed since the Syria conflict began in 2011, with 7.6 million internally displaced and over four million having fled to other countries.