The conflict in Syria was initially accompanied by foreign intervention and support from outside militant groups said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

Rouhani said this delayed the resolution of the crisis, RIA Novosti reported

“The crisis in Syria was from the very beginning accompanied by direct foreign intervention, including both equipping, and supplying weapons, and full support to the militants,” Hassan Rouhani said at the meeting with the Turkish and Russian presidents in Sochi.