Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian underlined that Turkey's policies have failed in Syria.

"Turkey has lost the ground in Syria," Rapporteur of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Nozar Shafeyee quoted Amir Abdollahian as saying during a meeting with the commission on Sunday.

According to Shafeyee, the Iranian deputy foreign minister reiterated that the Ankara government is trying to change the situation against Syrian President Bashar Assad with the help of its allies Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the US.

Amir Abdollahian, meantime, reminded that the Syrian nation is presently in an unfavorable humanitarian situation.

The Iranian deputy foreign minister also pointed to the ceasefire in Syria, and said, "The ceasefire provides the Syrian army with a break after several years of war... ."

He reiterated that Iran supports Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and said, "The (Syrian) people's will will be the source of peaceful political developments in Syria."