Iran's Velayati says US will not succeed to divide Syria

BEIRUT - 3 November 2017: The Iranian Supreme Leader's senior advisor for international affairs Ali Akbar Velayati said on Friday that the US efforts to divide Syria in the east of Euphrates are doomed to failure.

"The Americans and Zionists are seeking to create rift and defeat resistance front and they are currently mounting huge pressure on Syria to make it admit defeat," Velayati was quoted by IRNA news agency as saying.

"The US is planning to partition Syria in East Euphrates, but what is certain is that it will never achieve anything in the field," Velayati said during a meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.