Al-Assad: US-Backed Kurdish Militants ‘Traitors’ To Syria
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said all US-backed Kurdish militants are "traitors" to the Syrian nation, ramping up the rhetoric particularly against the Kurdish People's Protection Units [YPG], which are mainly active in northeastern areas of the Arab country through receiving vital substantial air and armament support from Washington.
Al-Assad made the remarks in a meeting with a high-profile official and economic delegation from Russia, led by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Monday, Syria's official news agency, SANA, reported.
"When we talk about those referred to as 'the Kurds', they are in fact not just Kurds. All those who work for a foreign country, mainly those under American command... are traitors" regardless of their names, al-Assad said.
The YPG is the main part of a larger coalition of fighters - the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces [SDF] - which was engaged in operations aimed at liberating Raqqah, the former de facto capital of Daesh [the Arabic acronym for Takfiri terrorist ‘ISIS/ISIL' group] in the war-torn country. Washington considers the SDF, which also includes Arab militants, as its main proxy force fighting on the ground in Syria.
Damascus regards the Kurdish militia coalition as an illegitimate foreign force operating on the Syrian soil, just as is the case with the so-called US-led military coalition that has been conducting airstrikes against purported Daesh targets since September 2014 without any authorization from the Damascus government or a UN mandate.
In contrast, Russian jets have been conducting air raids against Daesh targets and those of other terror outfits inside Syria at the Damascus government's request since September 2015. The airstrikes helped Syrian forces advance against anti-Damascus militants, who have been wreaking havoc in the Arab country since 2011.
Al-Assad further said Washington tried to focus the international community's attention solely on Daesh in an attempt to distract the world's attention from other terror groups, the most prominent of them being the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham Takfiri terrorist group, which was formerly known as al-Nusra Front. He noted that Takfiri terrorists were still wreaking havoc in Syria due to the support they received from the West.
In an interview following his meeting with the Russian delegation, al-Assad took France to task for supporting terrorist groups that have been wreaking havoc in Syria since 2011, noting that Paris was in no position to talk about peace in the country.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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