“We hear the world wants to confront ISIS because it represents Takfiri terrorism. Who created ISIL? Those who want to fight [them] are the ones who raised and funded ISIL,” the Daily Star quoted Sheikh Naim Qassem as saying in a statement on Friday, Press TV.
He further noted that the US has been providing the Takfiri militants with weapons and training "starting from Afghanistan all the way to Syria and Iraq."
The official also slammed certain regional countries and allies of the US for supporting the Takfiri militants in order for the terrorist group to carry out "acts of sabotage in their name and on behalf of America."
Sheikh Qassem also lashed out at the Tel Aviv regime for backing the ISIL Takfiri militants, saying, “Israel opened hospitals [to ISIl casualties]; and contact between Takfiris in Syria’s Quneitra and Israel is constantly ongoing, uninterrupted, because they are part of this scheme."