US call for Iran, Hezbollah withdrawal from Syria meaningless: Sheikh Qassem
Tehran (KNA) - Hezbollah says the US, whose pro-terror policies have faced defeat in Syria, is in no position to call for the withdrawal of Iranian advisors and allied Lebanese resistance fighters, who have emerged as “victors” of the war against terrorists in the Arab state.
Last week, Lebanon's al-Akhbar daily reported that an American delegation, comprising security and intelligence officials, had visited Damascus in June and met President Bashar al-Assad's special security advisor, Ali Mamlouk.
During the four-hour meeting, the report added, the delegation had set three conditions for the pullout of US military forces from Syria, including the withdrawal of Iranian advisors from southern Syria near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, data on "terrorist groups" and a role in the oil business in eastern Syria.
Speaking on Monday, Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem described those conditions as "meaningless," stressing that it is the "victors" who are eligible to set out conditions, not the US which has been defeated in Syria.
He also hailed the achievements made by the Syrian army and its allies against US-backed Takfiri terrorists.
Hezbollah and the Syrian government are now in the stage of "successive victories for Syria and its axis. We have lifted this black cloud, victories will continue, and we will achieve more," the Hezbollah official noted.
Source: PressTV