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September 29th, 2013 
Peter Nolan
The government denies its involvement in the attack, but it has since pledged
to give up its stockpile of chemical weapons.
Al-Moallem also repeated his government’s belief that its army is fighting
terrorist elements affiliated with al-Qaeda.
“Those terrorist elements are supported by neighboring countries like
Turkey and Jordan and some Arab states such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar,”
al-Moallem said.
Iran has been a key supporter of Assad, and the opposition claims that
elements of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and the Tehran-supported Hezbollah
are operating freely within Syria.
But al-Moallem said the warming of Iranian-U.S. relations over the past week
is not a threat to his government. “We are happy about this
rapprochement,” he said. “This will have a positive impact on the
American view of the region.”
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