The United States must end its “covert and overt” involvement in war on Syria, and stop providing “any kind” of support for Takfiri terrorists, like Daesh and al-Qaeda, if it truly aims to “bring this one to an end,” as US Defense Secretary James Mattis claimed, says a political analyst.
Former US Senate candidate Mark Dankof made the comment in an interview with Press TV on Monday, while discussing remarks by General Mattis in regard to four de-escalation zones, recently negotiated by Russia, Turkey and Iran to reduce violence in Syria.
A deal to set up de-escalation zones was signed by Turkey, Iran and Russia, during the fourth round of the Syria peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana on Thursday and took effect at the stroke of midnight local time on Saturday (2100 GMT on Friday).
The US will “look at the proposal and see if it can work,” the Pentagon chief told reporters as he traveled to Copenhagen for talks with US allies,…