Larijani sees positive change in trend of developments in Syria

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani underlined that the conditions in Syria are changing positively, and said the resistance of the Syrian people and leaders against the foreign terrorists and their advocates is yielding result. "The conditions in Syria are changing positively and as a result of the Syrian people and leaders' resistance against the foreign enemies and their terrorist hirelings' desperate moves," Larijani said in a telephone conversation with his Syrian counterpart Mohammad Jihad al-Laham on Monday night. "By continued resistance the Syrians will be the ultimate winner and the enemies of Syria which are outside the country's borders will not succeed," he added. Larijani said that the Islamic Republic of Iran has always announced firmly in its negotiations at the regional and international levels that the problems in Syria should be settled peacefully and diplomatically and not through waging military war and bullying. Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011 with organized attacks by well-armed gangs against Syrian police forces and border guards being reported across the country. Hundreds of people, including members of the security forces, have been killed, when some protest rallies turned into armed clashes. The government blames outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorist groups for the deaths, stressing that the unrest is being orchestrated from abroad. Tel Aviv, Washington and some Arab capitals have been staging various plots to topple President Bashar al-Assad, who is well known in the world for his anti-Israeli stances. Early in September, the US, Israel and France have adopted the rhetoric of war against Syria over allegations that the Syrian government was behind a recent chemical attack near Damascus. The call for military strike intensified after the militants operating inside Syria and the foreign-backed Syrian opposition claimed on August 21 that hundreds had been killed in a government chemical attack on militant strongholds in the Damascus suburbs of Ain Tarma, Zamalka and Jobar. The Syrian government has strongly denied the claim, accusing the militants of the attack.