TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said conditions are very good for the resistance front in Syria.

Speaking to journalists in the Northern city of Gilan on Monday, the IRGC commander said the ancient city of Palymra has been liberated, and now the main focus is now on pushing back the terrorist group of ISIL further, and stressed that the ongoing ceasefire has not changed Russia�s Syria policy as it is still in coordination with the resistance front.


�Liberation of Palmyra shows continuing coordination between Russia and Syria. As long as there is Islamic Revolution, the resistance will go on,� he added.


The IRGC commander further noted that the ISIL has waged a proxy war on the resistance front, adding that conditions in Iraq, Syria and Yemen are now good and to the benefit of the Iranian Islamic Revolution.


�As maintained by Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, the enemies of Islam, including the Zionist regime, will be destroyed within the next 25 years,� Jafari added.


His remarks came after the General Command of the Syrian Army and Armed Forces confirmed on Sunday that the ancient city of Palmyra and the mountains and hills overlooking it have now come under the army�s full control.


"Security and stability has been restored to Palmyra following a series of precise and effective military operations that were carried out by the army units with the help of the popular defense groups, being backed by the Syrian and Russian Air Forces," the Army Command said in a statement.


The ISIL terrorist organization has been dealt quite a heavy blow with army's capture of Palmyra, said the Army Command, adding that the achievement has severely damaged the terrorists� morale and pressed the start button for the organization�s collapse and defeat.


"This achievement proves that our brave army, aided by the friends, is the only effective force capable of fighting terrorism and eradicating it,� the statement said.


The Army Command clarified that the importance of today�s achievement stems from the significant strategic location of Palmyra city being a major link connecting the Central, Southern, Eastern and Northern areas, and from the historical and tourist status of the city as it stands witness to one of the most ancient human civilizations ever.


With Palmyra city under control, military operations against ISIL will expand starting from this springboard towards various axes and directions, on top being Deir Ezzur and Raqqa, especially that this victory helps in further tightening the noose around ISIL terrorists and cutting off their supply routes in areas under their control until having these areas fully freed, the statement explained.


The statement made it clear that the army, together with the popular defense groups and the Russian and Syrian Air Forces, will go ahead with military operations against ISIL and al-Nusra Front and other terrorist organizations.


�By Fars News Agency