TEHRAN – A senior Iranian cleric on Friday hailed the recent recapture of the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo as a victory of Islam’s fighters against arrogant powers.

Addressing worshippers in Tehran, Kazem Sediqi congratulated Syria on the liberation of Aleppo, stressing that the achievement came thanks to the “blood of martyrs”, Tabnak reported.

He described the recapture of Aleppo from terrorists as a cultural and ideological triumph for the Islamic Revolution that isolated the arrogant powers.

SP/PA