Last week, Lebanon’s al-Akhbar daily reported that an American delegation,
comprising security and intelligence officials, had visited Damascus in June and
met President Bashar al-Assad’s special security advisor, Ali Mamlouk.
During the four-hour meeting, the report added, the delegation had set three
conditions for the pullout of US military forces from Syria, including the
withdrawal of Iranian advisors from southern Syria near the Israeli-occupied
Golan Heights, data on "terrorist groups” and a role in the oil business in
eastern Syria.
Speaking on Monday, Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem
described those conditions as "meaningless,” stressing that it is the "victors”
who are eligible to set out conditions, not the US which has been defeated in
Syria.
He also hailed the achievements made by the Syrian army and its allies against
US-backed Takfiri terrorists.
Hezbollah and the Syrian government are now in the stage of "successive
victories for Syria and its axis. We have lifted this black cloud, victories
will continue, and we will achieve more,” the Hezbollah official noted.
He further called on "all factions counting on America” to "reconsider” their
ties with the "Great Satan” as it is not loyal to its friends.
"They are Saudi Arabia’s allies, and tomorrow Saudi Arabia will see that the
first strike it will get will be from America,” Qassem said.
The Syrian army has managed to drive the terrorists out of most parts of the
country and end Daesh’s territorial rule with help from Iran, Hezbollah and
Russia.
It is now on the verge of fully liberating the southern parts near the occupied
Golan, prompting serious concerns in Tel Aviv, which supports the terrorists
operating there against Damascus.
Syria is now preparing for an operation to liberate Idlib Province, the last
major militant stronghold.
At the request of Damascus, Iran has been offering advisory military assistance
to the Syrian army. Tehran says it will continue its anti-terror mission as long
as the legitimate government in Damascus wants it to do so.
Hezbollah forces have also been assisting the Syrian government on the ground to
clear areas bordering Lebanon from terrorist groups.
The Syrian deputy foreign minister says the presence of Iranian military
advisers and Hezbollah units in Syria is the sovereign decision of Damascus.
In turn, Russia has also been providing air cover to Syrian army operations. It
has also military advisers in the Arab country and runs a number of military
bases there.
On the opposite front, the US – along with Israel and its other allies -- has
been backing the militant groups fighting to topple the Assad government.
In an interview with the al-Alam News Network in June, Assad said the United
States was an occupying power in Syria and that Damascus supported "any act of
resistance, whether against terrorists or against occupying forces, regardless
of their nationality.”
US forces maintain significant presence in the country’s north, where they back
Kurdish militants operating against the Syrian government.
The Russian military has repeatedly reported that the US uses the areas under
its control in Syria to provide support to Takfiri terrorists.
Source:Presstv