Politics Syria's foreign minister warns Iran: don't spread chaos
The foreign minister of the Syrian transitional government, Asaad Hassan al-Shaybani, has warned Iran against "spreading chaos in Syria". Tehran must "respect the will of the Syrian people and the sovereignty and security of the country", he wrote on Platform X. Iran was seen as responsible for "the consequences of the latest statements", the foreign minister of the transitional government in Syria led by the Islamist group Haiat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) also wrote.
25.12.2024, 14:38
25.12.2024, 14:39
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Al-Shaybani was apparently referring to statements made by Iran's head of state, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He had said that he expected a renewed resistance struggle by Syrians against the new structures in the country following the change of power in Syria. Syrian youth in particular will once again resist those who have repeatedly made their country and their future unsafe. The fall of Syria's long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad was a major blow for Iran, which saw its entire Middle East policy weakened as a result. Assad was seen as a strategically important ally in Iran's self-proclaimed "axis of resistance" against its arch-enemy Israel. Syria also served as a corridor for Iranian arms supplies to the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. The country therefore supported Assad generously, both financially and militarily, and branded the HTS alliance as terrorist.
