Fri Aug 30, 2013 08:43:46
Any military action against Syria will have consequences beyond the region and leave the Israeli regime in flames, Iran’s army chief of staff General Hassan Firouzabadi says.
“Any military action against Syria will drive the Zionists to the edge of fire,” Firouzabadi said in a Thursday statement.
His remarks came in response to reports of possible US-led military strikes against Syria in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons in Damascus last week.
The Syrian government and the militants fighting to oust it accuse each other of carrying out the attacks that are said to have killed hundreds of people.
Firouzabadi said: “The US, Britain and their other allies will face losses by marching their armies into the region and Syria.”
“Any new [military] operation in the region will leave behind a lot of damage, which will be of interest to no one except the Zionists,” he said, warning that the fallout from the conflict would not be limited to the region.
His remarks echoed those of Iranian officials in recent days.
“The US intervention will be a disaster for the region,” Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Islamic Republic’s most powerful authority, said Wednesday.
“The region is like a gunpowder depot. [Its] future cannot be predicted” in case of any military strikes against Syria.
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