A delegation from the HNC in Washington calls for curbing Iran in Syria

Eldorar Alshamia Editor | 1 April, 2017
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Eldorar Alshamia:

A delegation from the High Negotiations Committee met on Thursday with the American envoy to Syria, Michael Ratney, and the delegation called on the United States to work to reduce the role of Iran more in the country.

"There is no drastic change in Washington's position on Assad during our contacts with US officials," the head of the delegation to the Geneva negotiations, Nasr Hariri, said on Friday.

Trump expressed his hostility to Iran, revealing at the same time his desire to strengthen cooperation with Russia in Syria, refusing to overthrow Assad. "We do not care what a foreign regime does to its people," he said.

Farah al-Atassi, a member of the HNC, said yesterday that "the Syrian people pushed the mistakes of former President Barack Obama to strengthen Iranian influence.
Today, we see many things intersecting with the current administration, first is to limit Iranian influence in Syria, and we care about all foreign militias and we look forward to working with the administration, which needs to be educated about the Syrian revolution, and Trump is coming from an economic background, and it is our duty to work with his administration and educate on the Syrian issue. We are not facing a political issue. We are facing a cause and revolution. There are many bridges that we can provide. , The most important fighting Terrorism ".

"We look forward to working in real partnership with the administration in the fight against terrorism, and the HNC represents the majority of the revolutionary forces, the main partner of the current administration, to open a new page with a firmer policy of the Syrian file, We want the US to go back to dealing with the file. "

The United States considers the "Syrian Democratic" militias, which form the Kurdish people's protection units, its only ally in Syria, calling it the "moderate opposition."