Syria Attack Sign of US Political Confusion: Iranian General

Head of the Strategic Center of the General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi described the recent US attack on a Syrian army airbase near the west-central city of Homs as a sign of Washington’s strategic and political confusion.

“The Americans have recently been showing a striking contradiction in words and deeds, which is an indication of US rulers’ political confusion,” General Vahidi said on Friday.

The US government proclaims that fighting Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) is its primary concern, but it is in fact siding with Daesh and other terrorist group and serving their interests in the region, he added.

Referring to the Pentagon’s first direct attack against Syria since the beginning of the conflict in 2011, the Iranian general described the offensive as “coordinated” with terrorists and said it showed that Washington “still supports terrorism in the region.”

General Vahidi said the US has not yet learned lessons from its previous mistakes in the region, Iraq in particular, stressing that the recent attack proved that the US officials are still pursuing the previous wrong path.