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Assad Affirms: Escalation in Syria Aims to Divide the Region and Redraw Borders
Syrian President Bashar Assad held a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Barzani, during which they discussed the ongoing terrorist escalation in Syria, viewed as an attempt to divide the Middle East and redraw borders according to Western interests.
According to the official statement published by the Syrian presidency on its Telegram platform, Assad confirmed that the current escalation reflects distant goals aimed at fragmenting the countries in the region. He pointed out that these moves are merely attempts to dismantle states and reshape borders according to the interests of the United States and the West.
For his part, Iranian President Masoud Barzani expressed his country's firm rejection of any attempts to undermine Syria's unity and stability, stating that any aggression against Syrian territorial integrity poses a threat to the stability of the entire region. He affirmed Iran's readiness to provide all forms of support to Syria in facing these challenges.
These discussions follow the confirmation from the Iranian Foreign Ministry of its support for the Syrian government, with Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ismail Baqaei stating in a press conference that the presence of Iranian military advisors will continue at the request of Damascus.
Baqaei also noted that Israel is the primary beneficiary of the insecurity in Syria and the region, explaining that the reactivation of terrorist groups immediately after the announcement of a ceasefire in Lebanon is not a coincidental incident, but rather the result of a long history of questionable relations between those groups and Israel since 2011 and 2012.
In a related context, "Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham," formerly known as al-Nusra Front, confirmed that it launched an unprecedented surprise attack on the city of Aleppo in cooperation with other armed factions, managing to fully seize control of the city yesterday, along with dozens of villages in Hama and the Idlib countryside.
