DUBAI, December 12. /TASS/. At least four countries were actively involved in the recent military coup in Syria, General Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council and former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), stated.
"The primary reason behind what happened in Syria is the inability of Syria’s ground forces to resist. Only the Syrian Air Force was fighting during the initial three days. Another reason is that Damascus had been surrounded from both the north and the south. At least four countries offered assistance to the rebels," Rezaee said in an interview with the Fars news agency.
In late November, armed opposition units launched a large-scale offensive on positions held by Syrian government forces in the Aleppo and Idlib provinces. On December 8, they entered Damascus, prompting government troops to withdraw from the capital. Bashar Assad stepped down as Syrian president and left the country, issuing instructions to ensure a peaceful transition of power. On December 10, Mohammed al-Bashir, who had led the so-called Syrian Salvation Government in the Idlib Province since January 2024, announced his appointment as head of Syria’s interim government.