Iran FM: US, Israel fueling Takfiri terrorism in Syria; urgent intl. action needed
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has blamed the United States and Israel for the recent upsurge in terrorist activities in northern Syria, calling for the international community’s immediate and effective action to confront the resurgence of Takfiri terror groups in the Arab nation.
Araghchi made the remarks at the 28th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad on Tuesday.
The top Iranian diplomat stated that West Asia and the entire world have been witnessing the Zionist regime’s unbridled, unprecedented and vicious atrocities against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip for more than a year, and the crimes against the Lebanese nation later.
He denounced the renewed activity of Takfiri terrorist groups in Syria in the wake of a ceasefire agreement between Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement and Israel, saying the terrorists have regrouped with the support provided by the US and the Tel Aviv regime.
Araghchi underlined the need for “vigilance and coordination” on the part of regional countries, and also for an “immediate and effective” action by the international community in the face of the recent resurgence of terrorism in Syria.
Foreign-backed terrorists led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Shams (HTS) Takfiri group carried out a surprise assault in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib last week, and overran a number of villages and towns before entering Aleppo on November 27.
Syria has been gripped by foreign-sponsored militancy since March 2011. Damascus has slammed Western states and their regional allies for aiding terrorist groups to wreak havoc in the Arab country.
Terror outfits are seeking to hinder the Syrian government’s efforts aimed at consolidating security and stability in the country, which frequently comes under the Israeli regime’s aggression.
Israel has been the principal supporter of terrorist groups that oppose the democratically-elected government of President Bashar al-Assad since the foreign-backed militancy erupted in Syria.
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