MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The US-led coalition of more than 60 nations has been conducting airstrikes against Daesh (outlawed in Russia) in Syria and Iraq since 2014. The strikes in Syria are not authorized by the government of President Bashar Assad or by the United Nations Security Council.
"Although such coalitions may even clash with terrorists in some instances, they are not after genuinely rooting out terrorism in Iraq or in Syria," he said during a meeting with the chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bakir Izetbegovic, as cited by ABNA news agency.
According to media, Khamenei stressed that some of the Western counterterrorism policies were even exacerbating the situation on the ground and contributing to the worldwide spread of terrorism.
Izetbegovic arrived in Tehran on Monday at the invitation of the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
