Chairman of Iran’s Armed Forces Chiefs of Staff Major General Hassan Firouzabadi warned on Friday that the US, in collaboration with the sponsors of al-Qaeda, is planning to provoke a fresh series of conflicts in Syria.
General Firouzabadi alluded to the plots planned against Syria and said, “I advise our Muslim and friendly neighbor state, Qatar, not to further jeopardize its security by being lured into the Americans’ trap.”
“Muslims should unite and assist each other to cut the hands of the US from the Islamic countries, not to be in cahoots with the White House,” he noted.
In late October, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri called for support for the foreign-backed insurgents in Syria to topple the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Syria has been the scene of unrest since March 2011 and many people, including large numbers of army and security personnel, have been killed in the turmoil.
