Iran will consider any request from its Syrian ally for troops to help tackle a sweeping anti-government group offensive in the north, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday.“If the Syrian government asks us to send forces to Syria, we will study their request,” Araghchi said in an excerpt from an interview published on his official Telegram channel.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Iran and Syria have been close allies for decades and Iran has long provided military advisors to the Syrian armed forces.On Monday, foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Iran’s “military advisors were present in Syria, and they are still present” and would remain in the country “in accordance with the wishes” of its government.The Iranian government has been portraying the opposition group assault as a US-Israeli plot to destabilize the Middle East.On Tuesday, the chief of the Iranian armed forces, General Mohammad Bagheri, called the