Press TV- Secretary of Iran�s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani�has congratulated the Syrian army on the full liberation of the city of Aleppo.

On Tuesday, Shamkhani stated that the Syrian government�s strategy to give the remaining terrorists safe passage from east of Aleppo was a key move towards reducing human casualties and further destruction of the city that can be used as a crisis management strategy in other regions.

Hailing the Syrian nation�s heroic resistance and historic victory against Western and regional sponsored terrorism, Shamkhani reiterated Iran�s stance on a diplomatic solution for the Syrian crisis.

�Military victories cannot replace political solutions based on talks between the Syrian government and armed groups aimed at national reconciliation,� he said.

He added that Syrian forces emerged victorious in Aleppo despite all the propaganda against them.

Earlier, Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin�announced that fighting in Aleppo has come to an end, and that the Syrian government has established control over all of the city.

Less than a month ago, the Syrian army started a wholesale push to drive the militants out of their stronghold in the city�s eastern side, making great strides in the process.

Since March 2011, Syria has been hit by militancy it blames on some Western states and their regional allies.�The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and UN have put the death toll from the Syria conflict at�more than 300,000 and 400,000, respectively.�This is while the UN has stopped its official casualty count in Syria, citing its inability to verify the figures it receives from various sources.