Iran Defense Minister: Takfiris Fighting Proxy War for US, ’Israel’

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Takfiri terrorist groups in the region are fighting a "proxy war" in the interest of the United States and "Israel", Iran's defense minister said.

Brigadier General Hossein Dehan made the remarks during a meeting with Syrian Defense Minister Fahd Jassem al-Freij in Tehran on Tuesday.

Dehqan said that "providing permanent security for the Zionist regime, weakening and disintegrating Muslim countries, altering the Middle East's map, countering the wave of Islamic awakening, and ultimately complete domination over this Islamic region" were the main objectives of this war.

Furthermore, he also reiterated Iran's full support for Syria in its battle against terrorism, saying that dialog was the only solution to the crisis in the Arab country.

"The people and government of Syria, with their unparalleled resistance made bullies understand that by exporting terrorists, arming and supporting them, and launching military attacks, they cannot force the region's Muslim nations to surrender," he added.

Moreover, Dehqan went on to say that Saudi Arabia's war on Yemen also ran parallel with the joint strategies of "Israel" and the United States, adding, "Undoubtedly the designers and executors of this sinister scenario... will not reach their ominous goals."

In accordance, Syria had been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence fueled by Takfiri groups had so far claimed the lives of over 222,000 people, according to UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The "ISIL" militants, with members from several Western countries, control parts of Syria and Iraq, and had been carrying out horrific acts of violence such as public decapitations and crucifixions against all ethnic and religious communities.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team