Iran is ready to help Syria withdraw U.S. troops illegally in the country, if the Syrian authorities request it.
Advisor to the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Akbar Velayati said this in an interview with RT Arabic TV channel.
He noted that the U.S. is stealing Syrian oil, and President Donald Trump is robbing it against the will of the Syrian people and is an “international thief”.
“We hope that this illegal control of the Americans over a number of Syrian regions will stop soon, and the Syrians will respond and put an end to this control”, – the politician said. His response was translated into Arabic.
“We are ready to provide assistance for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria in response to the Syrian authorities’ request and to the best of our ability”, – Velayati said.
Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew most of his troops from the region against the background of Turkey’s military operation in north-eastern Syria. U.S. troops remain in small numbers in the south and east, where the Pentagon claims they are helping local Kurdish forces guard the oil fields.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that the U.S. is selling oil from the captured Syrian fields to Turkey.
The U.S. and its allies have been conducting a military operation in Syria since 2014 without the permission of the Syrian authorities. Iranian military advisors are in the Arab Republic at the invitation of the authorities.