TEHRAN - Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, the chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, has said that there are about 200 thousands armed young forces in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen who are ready to fight extremism and terrorism.

During a ceremony on Tuesday, he also described the Iranian youths as “brave, insightful and faithful”.

The counties mentioned by the top general, especially Syria and Iraq, have been hit hard by terrorism. The Syrian conflict alone, which started in March 2011, has claimed the lives of more than 250,000 people and left over one million injured, according to the UN