Islamic Iran Views Unrests in Syria as “US-Israel Plot”

The US and Israel are trying to divide the Syrian nation and government through sparking tension in Syria, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced.
The ministry said in a statement issued on Thursday evening that the wave of unrest that has swept across Syria in recent weeks is a plot by Washington and Tel Aviv to undermine the country’s national solidarity and sovereignty.

The ministry also called on both the people and the government in Syria not to lose sight of their national reform plans in the face of enemy plots to undermine their efforts.

“The Syrian leadership and nation’s reform effort in the framework of the county’s national interests is an important responsibility. By practicing moderation in both voicing and addressing demands, a grand victory for Syria can be achieved,” read the statement.

The statement also said that Syria’s 60-year opposition to the Israeli oppression of Lebanese and Palestinians is the main reason why the nation has become a target of Western plots.

It went on to lash out at the United States’ support of Middle-East dictators and what it calls Washington’s backing for the deadly Saudi-backed crackdown against anti-regime protesters in Bahrain.

In Syria, activists say hundreds of people have been killed since the outbreak of protests in Dara’a and several other cities across the country in mid-March.

The Syrian government has blamed the killings on an armed terrorist group, which has confessed to receiving weapons and money to kill people and security forces to cause chaos in the Muslim country