{"id":34426,"date":"2018-05-22T05:41:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T10:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34426"},"modified":"2018-05-22T05:41:44","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T10:41:44","slug":"iran-announces-plan-to-stay-in-syria-as-pompeo-issues-unprecedented-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34426","title":{"rendered":"Iran Announces Plan To Stay In Syria As Pompeo Issues Unprecedented Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-05-21\/iran-announces-plan-stay-syria-pompeo-issues-unprecedented-threats\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Iran Announces Plan To Stay In Syria As Pompeo Issues Unprecedented Threats<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1163\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1163\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_default_style\" data-a2a-icon-color=\"#222\">\n<div>After last Thursday&#8217;s relatively brief meeting in Sochi between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syria&#8217;s Bashar al-Assad wherein <strong>Putin stressed that it is necessary for all\u00a0&#8220;foreign forces&#8221; to withdraw from Syria<\/strong>, there&#8217;s been much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-05-19\/did-putin-just-ask-irans-exit-syria-meeting-assad\">speculation over what Putin actually meant<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Many were quick to point out that <strong>Assad had agreed that &#8220;<\/strong><em><strong>illegal<\/strong><\/em><strong> foreign forces&#8221; should exit Syria<\/strong>\u00a0<em>\u2014\u00a0<\/em>meaning those uninvited occupying forces in the north and northeast, namely, US troops, Turkish troops and their proxies, and all foreign jihadists\u00a0<em>\u2014\u00a0<\/em>while most mainstream Western outlets, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-05-19\/did-putin-just-ask-irans-exit-syria-meeting-assad\">CNN and the Washington Post among them<\/a>, hailed Putin&#8217;s request to see Iran withdraw from Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever non-Syrian entity Putin intended to include by his words, both Syria and Iran gave their unambiguous response on Monday: <strong>Iran announced it would stay in Syria at the request of the Assad government.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img\" role=\"group\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/syrians%20photo.jpg?itok=RxUtMWtg\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/syrians%20photo.jpg?itok=RxUtMWtg\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/syrians%20photo.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/syrians%20photo.jpg?itok=RxUtMWtg 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"e152a0aa-cd96-4782-ad38-2c44c7cf6f5c\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Syrians wave Iranian, Russian and Syrian flags during a protest against previous U.S.-led air strikes in Damascus. Image source: Reuters via Hindustan Times<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u201cShould the Syrians want us, we will continue to be there,\u201d<\/strong> Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/iran-says-to-keep-forces-in-syria-upon-assad-s-request-\/1152648\">declared from Tehran<\/a>, cited by Iran&#8217;s state-run IRNA news agency. \u201cNobody can force Iran to do anything; Iran has its own independent policies,\u201d Qasemi said, in response to a question referencing the widespread reports that Russia desires Iran to withdraw forces from Syria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThose who entered Syria without the permission of the Syrian government are the ones that must leave the country,\u201d<\/strong> he said further in a clear reference to the some 2000 US troops currently occupying Syrian-Kurdish areas in the northeast and eastern parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-05-11\/russia-says-no-s-300-missiles-syria-after-netanyahu-visit\">we noted in the aftermath of Israel&#8217;s May 10 massive attack<\/a>\u00a0on multiple locations inside Syria which marked the biggest military escalations between the two countries in decades,<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran Announces Plan To Stay In Syria As Pompeo Issues Unprecedented Threats After last Thursday&#8217;s relatively brief meeting in Sochi between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syria&#8217;s Bashar al-Assad wherein Putin stressed that it is necessary for all\u00a0&#8220;foreign forces&#8221; to withdraw from Syria, there&#8217;s been much speculation over what Putin actually meant. 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