by Jerusalem Post News Staff at Jerusalem Post
The current situation in Syria has the purpose of weakening Syria and its allies in the Middle East‘s “Axis of Resistance,” Iran’s Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Major-General Mohammad Bagheri, said on Tuesday, according to the Islamic Republic’s news agency, IRNA.
The “Axis of Resistance,” also referred to as the “Axis of Evil,” is comprised of nations including Iran and Syria, as well as terror organizations such as Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, among others.
Bagheri reportedly claimed that Israel and the US had coordinated the rebels’ movement in the area.
The comments were made in phone calls with Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, Iraqi Major General Yahya Rasool, and Syrian Chief of Staff Abdul Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim, the report noted.
The Islamic Republic has reiterated such comments since rebel factions entered Aleppo last week and captured the city.
“The new movements of Takfiri-terrorist groups are part of the plot of the US and the illegitimate Zionist regime,” speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, wrote last week on X/Twitter.
“After defeating the Zionist regime,…
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Here’s Rep Thomas Massie’s informed take on the CIA/Brennan/Obama op in Syria
Massie's take on the Syrian op is spot on in my humble opinion. CIA Obama-Brennan fingerprints are all over this op in Syria – pallets of USD reported out of Syria, the dozens of US sorties flown allegedly taking out ISIS camps & Israel's gain all align w/their MO. https://t.co/RnHFzyfHc6
— Helen Tansey (@Helen__Tansey) December 12, 2024