Contrary to Trump administration assertions of Iranian support for al-Qaeda, relations between the two have historically been poor, a new report argues.
From Al-Monitor: “Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan failed last week to get his Russian and Iranian counterparts to support his desperate bid for a cease-fire in Idlib, the stronghold of the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, as well as other radical Salafi and armed gangs based in the northwestern Syrian province.”
By BENNY AVNI, Special to the Sun |
September 11, 2018
https://www.nysun.com/foreign/opportunity-knocks-in-iraq-amid-iran-woes/90381/