Iran’s foreign ministry warned on Friday that violence in Syria could cause regional instability, state media reported, amid reports of fighting in western Syria.
It was the first comment by Iran, which had long backed Syria’s ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, during the fighting between the Islamist-led government in Damascus and fighters believed to be from Assad’s Alawite sect in western Syria.
“Recalling the interim government’s responsibility in ensuring the security
