Syria is a sovereign state and it will cooperate with whoever it wants in the fight against terrorism

Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem stressed that Syria is a sovereign state and it will cooperate with whoever it wishes on counterterrorism.

Al-Moallem added, during a press conference held in Damascus on Saturday, that since 2011, Iran has stood by Syria in its fight against terrorism and “we thank the Iranian people and leadership for their help.”

“Since the beginning of the crisis, Iran has supported Syria in the war against terrorism backed and financed by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, said al-Moallem, noting that Iran has no military presence on the Syrian territories rather there are Iranian advisers who work by the side of the Syrian Arab Army and some of whom have been martyred.

Al-Moallem indicated that Iran has no fixed military bases in Syria and the news circulated by the Israeli and western media outlets regarding this issue categorically groundless,

He affirmed that Iran’s presence is legitimate and based on an invitation of the government unlike the illegal presence of the US, Turkey and France.
  SANA
 2/6/18
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