Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen
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The United States has warned that Iran could create a new malign force akin to the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) and said Saudi Arabia was an ideal partner to help contain the revolutionary Shiite Muslim power in the Middle East.
James Jeffrey, the State Department's special representative to Syria, told the Sixth Annual Defense One Summit Thursday that direct military action would not be enough to defeat Iran and its expanding network of armed allies, many of which were comprised of Shiite Muslim militias. Like the Pentagon and its own local partners, these fighters have fought jihadi groups like ISIS in Iraq and Syria, but they oppose U.S. influence there.
The diplomat argued that in such countries "it requires stability ops to break Iran's meddling influence,” Defense One reported. Jeffrey cautioned that Iran "will create a new Daesh if we don't get at the underlying problem," referring to an Arabic acronym for ISIS.
In tackling Iran, he said, "We have no better partner" than Saudi Arabia. He added, "We couldn't be doing what we're doing in the region without them."
more at https://www.newsweek.com/us-warns-iran-new-isis-partner-saudi-arabia-1218109
James Jeffrey, the State Department's special representative to Syria, told the Sixth Annual Defense One Summit Thursday that direct military action would not be enough to defeat Iran and its expanding network of armed allies, many of which were comprised of Shiite Muslim militias. Like the Pentagon and its own local partners, these fighters have fought jihadi groups like ISIS in Iraq and Syria, but they oppose U.S. influence there.
The diplomat argued that in such countries "it requires stability ops to break Iran's meddling influence,” Defense One reported. Jeffrey cautioned that Iran "will create a new Daesh if we don't get at the underlying problem," referring to an Arabic acronym for ISIS.
In tackling Iran, he said, "We have no better partner" than Saudi Arabia. He added, "We couldn't be doing what we're doing in the region without them."
more at https://www.newsweek.com/us-warns-iran-new-isis-partner-saudi-arabia-1218109
