‘US, Saudi, Turkish Generals in Syria’s Khan Tuman’: Iran Official
‘US, Saudi, Turkish Generals in Syria’s Khan Tuman’: Iran Official
In Tehran, a senior official said Turkey, Saudi Arabia
and Qatar had recently supplied Takfiri militants with weapons and food
to retake the Syrian village of Khan Tuman in Aleppo during the
ceasefire.
Writing on his Instagram account on Wednesday, Secretary of
Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said Takfiri terrorists had
received “weapons, ammunition, money and food from Turkey’s southern
borders and its Iskenderun port.”
“In addition, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are providing aid to
terrorists via the sea,” said Rezaei, who was the former chief commander
of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei, the former chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)
According to the Iranian official, several US, Saudi and
Turkish generals “specializing in special warfare” have recently joined
Tafkiri terrorists and “directed the operation in Khan Tuman.”
“Aleppo has now become a matter of prestige for Saudi
Arabia and Turkey; hence, they are intervening there with full force.
Aleppo, in fact, is the ultimate showdown between the resistance and
invaders,” Rezaei said.
“The Syrian army is resisting only with the help of Iranian
advisers,” he said, adding Russia had mostly withdrawn its forces after
a six-month stint.
“However, the Almighty God supports the oppressed and the
Syrian nation and government and the resistance front is the ultimate
winner.”
Takfiri militants took control of Khan Tuman on May 6, shortly before a 48-hour truce in Aleppo was due to expire.
The town has changed hands between Syrian army soldiers,
Daesh Takfiri terrorists and foreign-sponsored militants over the past
few months. Syrian soldiers had wrested control over Khan Tuman last
December.
Jaysh al-Islam and Ahrar al-Sham are the Takfiri groups which assist Nusra Front and Daesh in the Aleppo battle.
On Tuesday, the US, Britain, France, and Ukraine blocked a
Russian bid to add Jaysh al-Islam and Ahrar al-Sham to a UN blacklist of
terrorist groups and sideline them from the Syria peace process.
The US mission to the UN said Russia’s proposal would undermine attempts to get a sustained halt in the fighting in Syria.
Jaysh al-Islam is part of Riyadh-based Syria opposition
group, the High Negotiations Committee (HNC). Ahrar al-sham also took
part in the latest round of Syria peace talks.
Moscow said on Tuesday that the 17-nation International
Syria Support Group (ISSG) would meet in Vienna, Austria, on May 17 to
try to get peace efforts back on track.
A truce, brokered by Russia and the United States, went
into effect late February in a bid to facilitate negotiations between
warring sides to the conflict.
However, top negotiators from Saudi-linked opposition group
HNC quit the talks, citing what they claimed to be the Syrian
government’s violation of the truce.
Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since
March 2011. Over 400,000 people have been killed in the conflict, which
has furthermore displaced over half of Syria’s pre-war population of
about 23 million.