Top Iranian diplomat blames US and Israel for increase in militant activities in Syria – World

DUBAI, 28 November. /TASS/. Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Telegram that senior Iranian diplomat Abbas Araghchi blamed the United States and Israel for the recent increase in the activities of militants of the extremist Jabhat al-Nusra group (banned in Russia) in northern Syria .

According to the statement, in his telephone conversation with Lebanon’s Acting Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib, Araghchi “explained the recent increase in the activities of terrorist groups in Syria as a result of the US-Israeli plan to create instability in the region following Israeli attacks.” )’s defeat by

Earlier, the Syrian Armed Forces command issued a statement saying that Jabhat al-Nusra militants had carried out a “large-scale attack on a wide front” in the north of the country. According to the military command, terrorists have engaged in offensive operations against “villages and towns protected by the Syrian army, as well as military facilities” and continue to attack positions of government troops.