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Russia urges US not to exclude Iran from anti-terror efforts in Syria

Russia reminds the US about the effectiveness of Iran’s anti-terrorism efforts in Syria, warning Washington against attempting to stymie the role of Tehran and Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance fighters in boosting the counter-terrorism push in the Arab state.

In remarks to Russian television channel NTV on Sunday, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Americans are known for their “pragmatic” policies, but it “wouldn’t be pragmatic to just precariously exclude Iran from the anti-terrorist coalition.”

At Damascus’ request, Iran has been lending military advisory support to the Syrian army in its fight against Takfiri terrorist groups, including Daesh, across the Arab country.

Also assisting the Syrian soldiers are fighters with the Hezbollah resistance movement in neighboring Lebanon, which has been suffering over the past years from the spillover the foreign-backed militancy in Syria.

“If US President Trump’s main priority on the international arena is fighting terrorism, then it should be admitted that in Syria not only the Syrian army, supported by Russian Air Force, are fighting ISIL (Daesh), but also Hezbollah groups supported by Iran [are involved in the anti-terrorist fight],” Lavrov said.
On the diplomatic front, Iran, along with Russia and Turkey, has been backing the peace negotiations aimed at ending the deadly crisis in Syria.

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