Terrorist groups like Daesh (ISIL) fighting against the Syrian government are seeking to conquer the Arab country for their US and Israeli masters, says an American political analyst in Chicago.

Joe Iosbaker, a member of the United National Antiwar Committee, dismissed the latest statement by US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter that Russia is sowing seeds of global instability and does not seek a viable ceasefire in Syria.

“The US, the Western media and some pro-war groups that claim to be part of the peace movement are all desperately afraid that the government of Bashar al-Assad is going defeat the foreign army,” Iosbaker told Press TV on Thursday.

“The minister of war, Defense Secretary Ash Carter, said Russia is the source of instability in the world; here’s the truth: Moscow is backing the government of Syria in repelling a foreign invasion,” he added.

“Peace will come in Syria when right-wing rebel armies are no longer receiving aid from the US or its regional attack dogs in Israel, Turkey and the [Persian] Gulf states.”

In a speech at Oxford University in England on Wednesday, Carter downplayed hopes of reaching an agreement with Russia regarding peace in Syria.

Carter expressed deep skepticism about Russian intentions in Syria even as US Secretary of State John Kerry is working with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to reach an agreement about a ceasefire in the Arab country.

“Unfortunately so far, Russia, with its support for the Assad regime, has made the situation in Syria more dangerous, more prolonged and more violent. That has contributed to what President Obama this weekend called the ‘gaps of trust’ that exist between our two countries,” Carter said.

Since late September 2015, Russia has been assisting the Syrian government to launch attacks against terrorists across the country.

Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura estimates that over 400,000 people have been killed in the conflict.