Iran, Russia foreign ministers say they support Syria amid major opposition attack

The foreign ministers of Iran and Russia voiced support for Syria on Saturday during a major attack by opposition groups, Iranian state media reported.

Iran’s Abbas Araghchi told Russia’s Sergei Lavrov in a phone call that the attacks were part of an Israeli-US plan to destabilize the region, state media said.

 According to a statement from the Russian foreign ministry about the call, both sides “expressed extreme concern about the dangerous escalation of the situation in Syria due to the terrorist offensive by armed groups in the Aleppo and Idlib provinces.”

The ministers agreed on the need to intensify joint efforts aimed at stabilizing the situation in Syria.

Earlier on Saturday, Russia’s Lavrov spoke on the matter with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan.