Bravery of Martyrs Led to US Withdrawal from Syria: Iranian Cleric
TEHRAN (Basirat) : Tehran's Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani described the US government’s decision to pull out of Syria as a sign of its defeat in the Arab country and said bravery shown by Islamic martyrs in Syria have led to the US withdrawal.
Addressing a congregation of worshipers in Tehran on Friday, Ayatollah Emami
Kashani deplored the US presence in regional countries and said, "If the
hooligans (hegemonic powers) are not stopped, they will swallow the world.”
"It was the bravery of the martyrs and their families which caused the United
States to turn tail and leave Syria,” the cleric noted.
Ayatollah Emami Kashani went on to say that the US and its allies have been
defeated by Syria, Yemen and Palestine and their failures will continue.
In a video posted on Twitter on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump said he has
begun what will be a total withdrawal of US troops from Syria, declaring they
have succeeded in their mission to defeat Daesh and were no longer needed in the
country.
The US and its allies have been bombarding what they call Daesh positions inside
Syria since September 2014 without any authorization from the Damascus
government or a UN mandate.
The strikes have on many occasions resulted in civilian casualties and failed to
fulfill their declared aim of countering terrorism.
Syria has on several occasions written to the UN, complaining that the US was
flagrantly violating its sovereignty. The US supports militants fighting to
topple President Bashar al-Assad and has repeatedly attacked Syrian army
positions.
Source: Tasnim