Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif Names US 'Worst Mistake' in Syria

The decision of outside forces to arm the opposition has become the worst mistake made in Syria, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an interview.


Zarif claimed that the same parties who armed Daesh have also armed the Syrian opposition.

"You had a group in Syria that was armed and equipped and financed by outside forces," Zarif stated in an interview with CNN on Friday. "Mistakes were made in the beginning, but the worst mistake of all was to arm a group of terrorists who are not only a threat to Syria, but a threat globally."

The foreign minister clarified his statement by saying was referring to a "group of countries, which the United States calls allies, plus the United States itself."
Commenting on the possible deployment of US ground troops to Syria, Zarif said that the move could further inflate the threat of growing terrorism in the region.

"The presence of foreign troops in an Arab territory, against a wish of the government and the people of those territories, is itself a recipe for these demagogues, these extremists to rally behind, and to gain new support, and to recruit new fighters," Zarif stated in an interview aired on CNN Friday.
  (Sputnik)
 18/2/17
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