Gen. Hossein Salami, acting commander of the Iran revolutionary Guards told a group of students today that an attack against the regime of Bashar al-Assad would spread the "spirit of jihad" among Muslims and encourage animosity toward the West.Gen. Salami said Syria is not "alone." Assad is Iran's main Middle East ally who supports Tehran and its proxy forces, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Iran does not recognize Israel.