Envoy: Foreign forces’ presence facilitates terrorist activities in Syria
Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations condemns continued illegal presence of foreign forces in Syria as a means of facilitation of terrorist activities across the Arab country.
“Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity continue to be significantly violated by the unlawful presence of foreign forces, including those of the United States,” Majid Takht Ravanchi told a UN Security Council session about Syria on Thursday.
“The illegal presence of foreign forces in parts of Syria, which has provided favorable conditions for terrorist activities in Syria, must end immediately,” he added.
The US and its allies invaded Syria in 2014 under the pretext of fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group. The terrorist outfit had emerged as Washington was running out of excuses to extend its regional meddling or enlarge it in scale.
The US military interference, however, was surprisingly slow in confronting the terrorists, despite the sheer size of the coalition that had enlisted scores of Washington-allied countries.
Numerous reports and regional officials would, meanwhile, point to the US’s role in transferring Daesh elements throughout the region and even airlifting supplies to the terror outfit.
Takht Ravanchi likewise drew attention to “the free movement of terrorist groups, including ISIS (Daesh), in Syria's territory where foreign forces are illegally present, as well as their transfer to other countries,” noting how this “endangers regional and international peace and security.”
The ambassador also condemned the Israeli regime’s recurrent strikes against the Syrian territory, saying the attacks had recently been “targeting civilians and civilian infrastructures,” and noting how this “constitutes flagrant violations of international humanitarian law.”
The Tel Aviv regime mostly keeps quiet about its attacks on Syrian territory, which many view as a knee-jerk reaction to the Syrian government’s success in confronting terrorism.
Israel has been a key supporter of terrorist groups that have opposed the government of President Bashar al-Assad since foreign-backed militancy erupted in Syria in March 2011.
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