The Iranian foreign Minister called it a priority for the US in Syria
According to Zarif, Washington “is more important to prevent the Syrian government regained control over the border with Iraq, to defeat terrorism.”
NEW YORK, September 28 — RIA Novosti. The US is trying to prevent in Syria to the SAR government regained control over the border with Iraq, said Iranian foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, speaking at the Asia Society in new York.
I think that today the priorities have changed, and for the U.S. government is more important to prevent the Syrian government regained control over the border with Iraq than to defeat ISIS*.Mohammad Javad Arifpasa Iranian foreign Minister
He also emphasized that Iran is interested in peaceful settlement of the Syrian crisis and is different from the US goal.
“We in Syria not to support someone, but to fight terrorists,” said Zarif.
Armed conflict in Syria continues from March 2011. The coalition led by the United States since 2014 is conducting in Iraq and Syria operations against gam*. Meanwhile, in Syria the coalition operates without the permission of the authorities of the country.
* Banned in Russia as a terrorist organization.