Al-Assad: European Gov’ts Support Terrorists, Operate against their People’s Interests
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said the crisis in Syria is mainly rooted in foreign support for extremist groups inspired by Wahhabism, a Takfiri ideology dominating the Saudi kingdom.
"You cannot talk about the war being over until you get rid of the terrorists in Syria," al-Assad said in a Thursday interview with Italian TG5 channel.
Noting that the problem with the European officials and governments is that they operate against the interests of their people, President al-Assad stressed that "the terrorists unfortunately still have formal support from many countries including Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and many Western countries," he added.
"If you do not have that external support to those terrorists, it will not be difficult at all to get rid [of] the terrorists everywhere in Syria."
The Syrian president denounced the Wahhabism ideology as "the core problem" which creates extremist terrorists across the world and said, "If you want to deal with the issue of terrorism permanently, you have to deal with the pillar of that terrorism, which is the Wahhabi ideology."
Al-Assad lashed out at the European countries for supporting different terrorist groups under the name of "moderates". "Their priority is not fighting terrorism; their priority is using those cards in order to change governments and to get rid of presidents, and so on."
The Syrian president made the comments hours after a meeting with a joint delegation, comprising members of the European Parliament as well as members of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, in Damascus. He reiterated that the recent liberation of Aleppo as "an important step toward ending the war."
During the meeting, Assad called on European states to stop their support for Takfiri terrorists and recognize the Syrian nation's right to decide its own fate.
On the same day, the Syrian army announced a nationwide halt to fighting under a deal with the foreign-backed opposition.
The ceasefire, brokered by Russia and Turkey, does not include the Takfiri Daesh [ISIS/ISIL] and Fateh al-Sham terror groups as well as their affiliates.
Over the past almost six years, Syria has been hit by militancy it blames on some Western states and their regional allies.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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