Moscow, Jan 8 (Sputnik) As the United States failed to turn Syria into a destabilising factor in the Middle East, Washington decided to aggravate the situation by escalating the row with Iran, Russian lower house lawmaker Adalbi Shkhagoshev told Sputnik.
“The United States could not achieve its goal in Syria, because it was the one to become the epicenter for destabilising the situation in the entire Middle East. But Russia did not allow this, and the United States began to work according to plan ‘B’ and now they want, through the so-called coalition against Iran, to ensure that political tensions in the Middle East persist. They use this to achieve their national interests,” Shkhagoshev said.
US President Donald Trump said in December that the US forces would pull out of Syria since the Islamic State terrorist group (banned in Russia) had been defeated there.
