“By inciting opposition [groups] in Syria, the West has given them the green light to renege on the ceasefire deal, and has [practically] cleared the way for the repetition of previous conflicts,” Ebrahim Aqa-Mohammadi, member of Iran Majlis (parliament) Foreign Policy and National Security Committee, said on Sunday.
He noted that the Syrian insurgents, who are armed by the Western governments and reactionary Arab states, are reigniting crisis in Syria by re-engaging the Syrian army and blaming them for the violation of the truce.
Last Thursday, Syria's General Command of Army declared truce for Eid al-Adha holidays, warning that it 'reserves right' to respond if insurgents don't respect the ceasefire.
But insurgent groups fighting against the Syrian government opened fire on an army checkpoint in the northern city of Aleppo the next day and violated the truce.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011. Damascus says ‘outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorists’ are the driving factor behind the unrest and deadly violence, while the opposition accuses the security forces of being behind the killings.
The Syrian government says that the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the armed militants are foreign nationals.
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