TABNAK, Dec 08 : Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei dismissed allegations about the closure of the country’s embassy in Syria and evacuation of its personnel as well as military advisors from Damascus, stressing that the diplomats and commanders are still in the Arab country.
“We have not evacuated our advisors and embassy [staff]. They are present in Damascus,” Yaqoub Rezazadeh, a member of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said on Saturday.
“Dr. Larijani met with him (President Assad) in Damascus yesterday,” the top Iranian lawmaker stated.
Foreign-backed militants led by the Hay’at Tahrir al-Shams (HTS) group carried out a surprise assault in the Aleppo and Idlib countryside last month and overran several villages and towns before entering Aleppo on November 27.
Israel has been the principal supporter of militant groups that oppose the democratically-elected government of President Assad since the foreign-backed militancy erupted in Syria.
