Tehran Says Syrian Government Resolved to End Terrorism in Idleb

TEHRAN-Iran has provided steady military advice to Syria in its seven-year fight with terrorists, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Monday, stressing that the support, including Iran’s military advisory presence in Syria, will continue.

“Iran will remain a supporter of the Syrian government in its efforts to remove terrorists, and continue its advisory role and help the Syrian government in the upcoming Idlib campaign,” he told a weekly news briefing in Tehran, according to Press TV.

Qassemi said the Syrian government “has the right to fight against terrorists and purge them entirely from its territory.”

 Idlib is a complicated issue as it is the last stronghold of terrorists fighting against the Syrian national government,” he said.

“As part of its battles and victories over terrorists, the Syrian government is resolved to end the plague [of terrorism] in this province as well,” he added.

The spokesman said the imminent Idlib offensive has worried “certain sponsors of terrorists” who have launched “a massive propaganda campaign” to forestall the purge.

Qassemi also touched on the upcoming summit of President Hassan Rouhani of Iran, President Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tehran, saying it can definitely help return peace, stability, and security to Syria.

Nevertheless, “it is not logical to assume that a single summit would resolve a longstanding issue like that of Syria, but a political solution is still the only possible way,” he added.

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