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Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that the US and Israel were behind the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, and also appeared to point a finger of blame in the direction of Turkey.
In comments reported by Iran’s Tasnim news agency, Khamenei is quoted as saying:
There should be no doubt that what happened in Syria is the product of a joint American and Zionist plan.
Yes, a neighboring government of Syria plays, has played, and is playing an obvious role in this regard - everyone sees this - but the main conspirator, mastermind, and command centre are in America and the Zionist regime.
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