Lebanese MP: Saudi Crown Prince Urged Syrian President to Cut Ties with Iran, Hezbollah

TEHRAN (Defapress)- Speaking in an exclusive interview with Lebanon-based Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news network, Nawwaf Musawi said a Saudi delegate had conveyed the message to the Syrian president, notifying him that the Riyadh regime would have no problem with Assad staying in power only if the Damascus government opts to cut ties with Tehran and Hezbollah.

Musawi noted that Assad did not hesitate to roundly reject the offer, stressing that the Syrian president is at the center of the anti-Israel resistance front.

Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Israeli regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding Takfiri terrorist groups wreaking havoc in the country.

Syrian army troopers, backed by allied fighters from the popular defense groups, have recently made major territorial gains in battles against Daesh and other foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorist groups. The major militant stronghold remains in the Northwestern province of Idlib, where government forces are preparing to launch a full-scale military operation. Militants are also in control of some areas of the Western-Central province of Hama, and are holding some desert regions near the border with Turkey.

Moreover, negotiations have been taking place between the political wing of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian government on ways to end violence in Syria.

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