 Western countries and their allies is the continuation of unrest in the regional countries like Iraq which is aimed at sowing the seeds of American sedition in other countries," Salami said in a ceremony in Iran's northern province of Mazandaran.){kind=link}
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The recent unrest in the Middle East region is the result of measures taken by the Western countries and their regional allies, said Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Lieutenant Commander Brigadier General Hossein Salami on Saturday.
“The result of (the measures taken by) Western countries and their allies is the continuation of unrest in the regional countries like Iraq which is aimed at sowing the seeds of American sedition in other countries,” Salami said in a ceremony in Iran’s northern province of Mazandaran.
“The plots hatched by the enemies in Iraq and other regional states will be soon foiled, God willing,” Salami underlined.
Militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have taken over a huge swathe of predominantly Arab territory in northern and north-central Iraq since launching their offensive in the country’s second city, Mosul, on Tuesday. They have since pushed south into ethnically divided Diyala province, towards Baghdad.
On Friday, they were fighting pro-government forces near Muqdadiyah, just 80km from Baghdad city limits.
On June 10, Iraq’s northern Nineveh Province fell into the hands of ISIL militants. The Takfiri (extremist terrorists’) attacks have reportedly forced more than half a million people in and around Mosul, the capital of Nineveh Province, to flee their homes.
Takfiri militants have vowed to march toward the capital, Baghdad.
Takfiri groups are reportedly entering Iraq from neighboring Syria and Saudi Arabia to undermine security in the country.
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