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Iraq No US Platform for US Plots against Syria

Rasa - An informed high-ranking Iraqi source referred to coordination among Baghdad, Damascus, Moscow and Tehran to prevent establishment of a buffer zone in Syria, and said Iraq will never turn into a platform for the US to implement its plots against Syria.

News ID: 429730

Date: 18 May 2017 - 23:28

RNA - The source said that Iraqi officials are after increasing coordination with Damascus, Tehran and Moscow to strengthen security of Syria-Iraq borders.

He added that officials of the quadrilateral coordination room will focus on efforts to prevent creation of a buffer zone in Syria using Iraq's soil.

Noting that the Americans didn’t want Iraq to play any role to provide logistical support for the establishment of a buffer zone, he said that Baghdad and Washington know that the buffer zone is more a Turkish goal rather than being a target in the Syrian case.

The source added that Baghdad is vigilantly monitoring the developments in Eastern Syria and has informed the international sides that Iraq will never turn into a platform to create a buffer zone in Syria.

A well-informed military source said on Wednesday that the Syrian army forces will not allow the US and its western or regional allies to create a buffer zone in the Southern part of the country as a safe heaven for militants' activities.

The Russian-language Izvestia daily quoted a field source as saying that the Syrian pro-government sources are getting ready to take control over a chunk of Damascus road to Baghdad to restore sustainable security to the main supply line of importing arms and other military equipment from Iraq.

In the meantime, Mohammad Abbas, a retired army general and military expert, said that terrorist groups and the US as their main backer intend to create a buffer zone in parallel with the Golan Heights and borders with Jordan and Iraq in Southern Syria, but the Syrian Army is to prevent them to do their plan.

Intelligent agents reported last week that the US, British and Jordanian forces were preparing for a possible invasion of Syria under the pretext of war on ISIL terrorists.

According to reports, Damascus went on the alert after intelligence reports gathered from surveillance drones suggested that the US, Britain and Jordanian militaries might be prepping a massive invasion of Syria.

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