Iran's top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, is set to visit Syria to show support for the Syrian regime amid a serious challenge by Islamist insurgents who captured parts of Aleppo. Araghchi will also travel to Ankara to discuss the situation.
Iran ’s top diplomat is expected to go to Damascus in a show of support to the Syria n regime as it attempts to repel the strongest challenge to its authority in years, after a sudden advance by Islamist insurgents in which it seized control of Aleppo .
Assad had remained conspicuously absent from public view for several days amid a sudden offensive spearheaded by Islamist militants from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham , who swept through towns and villages across north-western Syria in less than a week before taking control of Aleppo, the country’s second largest city and a former industrial powerhouse.
The sudden loss of Aleppo to Islamist militants appeared to rattle Assad’s backers overseas. In a telephone call on Saturday between the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, and Araghchi, both “expressed utmost concern over the dangerous escalation in Syria”. The Assad regime’s reliance on Russian and Iranian backing created the current instability, he said, “including the collapse of Assad regime lines in north-west Syria”. He added that “the United States has nothing to do with this offensive”, pointing out that HTS was previously designated a terrorist organisation.
As insurgents pushed south towards the city of Hama, a concerted counter-attack by the Syrian army appeared to be taking shape. Damascus’s state news agency and pro-government channels shared images purporting to show business as usual inside Hama itself, with civilians crossing streets of traffic and visiting local markets with piles of vegetables on display, as well as a tour by local police forces.
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