Truce imposed on Syria to boost terrorists: SNSC Secretary

Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani on Monday said that the ceasefire in Syria had been imposed in order to save foreign-backed terrorists from a total rout.

According to Press TV, he said: "The truce, brokered by the US and Russia, went into effect across Syria on February 27, and had helped Takfiri groups recover from their losses."

“In Syria, humiliating defeats of the terrorist groups which have the backing of certain regional countries, led to the imposition of a ceasefire that helped them recover in northern Syria where they faced a rout,” Shamkhani said.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran, while supporting the ceasefire, was aware that the truce should not pave the way for terrorist groups to regain their power,” he added.

During the ceasefire, Shamkhani said, terrorists entered Syria from neighboring countries and seized Khan Tuman in Aleppo in early May.

Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said earlier this month that 13 of its military advisers had been killed and 21 others wounded in Khan Tuman.

Shamkhani’s remarks came as a report by the Associated Press said al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria has recruited thousands of militants since the truce went into effect.

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