Iran's Khamenei says: Al-Assad ouster US-Israel ‘plot’, blames ‘neighbour’

Al Jazeera :

Supreme leader says Iranian intel warned of ‘enemy’ threats, denies ‘axis of resistance’ is weakened by fall of key ally.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused the United States and Israel of orchestrating the toppling of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while also blaming a “neighbouring” country of Syria.

“There should be no doubt that what happened in Syria was the result of a joint American-Zionist plot,” said Khamenei, addressing the fall of al-Assad for the first time in a speech delivered in Tehran on Wednesday.