Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says Washington plays a role in the turmoil in Syria by supporting the armed gangs to destabilize the country.
Assad told the German ARD television channel in an interview on July 5, which was aired on Sunday, that the United States is “part of the conflict,” and that “they offer the umbrella and political support to those gangs to… destabilize Syria.”
“As long as you offer any kind of support to terrorists, you are partner. Whether you send them armaments or money or public support, political support in the United Nations, anywhere,” Assad said.
“The president should not run away from challenge and we have a national challenge now in Syria,” Assad said.
He also stated that the armed gangs in Syria carry out atrocities while they “wear soldier uniforms, our army uniforms, in order to say ‘that was the army’,” specifically referring to the May 25 massacre in the town of Houla in the central province of Homs that killed 108 people, including 49 children and 34 women...
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