Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has condemned the US over recent attacks on Syrian civilians stressing that fighting Daesh terrorists a pretext for looting natural resources in the Arab country.
Iran blasts US pillaging Syria’s national resources under pretext of fighting Daesh
27 Mar 2023 - 8:33
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has condemned the US over recent attacks on Syrian civilians stressing that fighting Daesh terrorists a pretext for looting natural resources in the Arab country.
Nasser Kan'ani, the ministry's spokesman, made the remarks on Saturday, while condemning the US airstrikes on the Syrian city of Dayr al-Zawr, which injured civilians, as a "terrorist and inhumane" act of aggression.
"The US' claim to be present in Syria to fight Daesh, in whose creation [Washington] itself played a substantive role, is a mere excuse for continuation of [the country's] occupation and plunder of Syria's national riches, including energy and grain," the spokesman said.
The US and its allies invaded Syria in 2014 under the pretext of fighting Daesh. The Takfiri group came into being when Washington was running out of excuses to extend its meddling in West Asia or enlarge its scale.
Under former American president, Donald Trump, Washington, which has set up illegal outposts near major oil and gas fields in Dayr al-Zawr province, began looting Syria's crude and other sources of energy, sustenance and income. American forces still continue their illegal presence in the Arab country, although Damascus and its allies defeated Daesh in 2017.
Iran's military advisory support, led by the country's chief anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, played an indispensable role in helping Damascus defeat the terrorist group. The United States assassinated General Soleimani, who used to command the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and his companions, in a drone strike near Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020.
“Continuation of illegal military presence of the US in addition to occupation of swathes of the Syrian soil and attacking various targets in that country amount to violation of international laws as well as the country’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
Responding to US forces' Friday attack in Dayr al-Zawr, Syrian resistance fighters targeted two illegal American outposts with rockets, missiles and kamikaze drones.
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