President Assad was addressing a Turkish delegation that included political, economic and party figures representing various Turkish parties and establishments during a meeting on Tuesday.
A real cooperation among countries is needed to fight the scourge of terrorism, along with work to battle against the takfiri mentality that feeds this scourge, President al-Assad added.
He viewed the Turkish delegation’s visit as an indicator that “real relations between countries are built by the people and not the governments.”
Governments, he said, may follow inward-looking and subversive policies that are not in the people’s interest.
This is what the Turkish government under Recep Tayyip Erdogan is doing, providing support to extremist and takfiri forces “to win the favor of his masters” through implementing their plots, President al-Assad said.
For their part, members of the Turkish delegation, headed by Dogu Perincek, leader of the Turkish Nationalist Land Party, said what Syria is achieving in terms of combating terrorism is the primary factor in warding off the dangers of the fragmentation projects targeting the region.
Syria, they added, has provided lessons in steadfastness to the whole region and the world through its army’s sacrifices and its people’s resilience and adherence to their land and unity.
The Turkish figures further stressed that the vast majority of the Turkish people still believe in the fraternal relationship with the Syrian people and are opposed to Erdogan’s involvement in backing terrorism in Syria that poses a threat to all.
Late last month, Turkish MP Nazmi Gur from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) stressed that the refusal by MPs from the ruling Justice and Development Party of an investigation into the activity of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization proves the Turkish government’s support to ISIS and other al-Qaeda-linked organizations.
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Damascus: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan of backing extremism as he met Tuesday with visiting Turkish opposition figures...
ReplyDelete"Erdogan leads with a destructive policy that does not serve at all the interest of his people, by supporting takfiri (extremist Sunni) forces," state news agency SANA quoted Assad as saying.
The delegation included figures from various Turkish opposition parties and was led by Dogu Perincek, head of the ultranationalist Land Party, SANA reported.
Formerly an ally of Damascus, Ankara broke off its relationship with Assad after the uprising's escalation in 2011 from peaceful demonstrations to a bloody civil war.
Turkey has since supported the Syrian opposition and currently hosts 1.6 million Syrian refugees.
Damascus has accused Ankara of training anti-regime rebels and easing their entry into Syria.
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US Syria strategy falters with collapse of rebel group ...
ReplyDeleteThe Hazzm movement was once central to a covert CIA operation to arm Syrian rebels, but the group's collapse last week underlines the failure of efforts to unify Arab and Western support for mainstream insurgents fighting the Syrian military.
A blow to U.S. moves to aid rebels, the dissolution of Hazzm also highlights the risks that a new Department of Defense programme could face in training and equipping fighters in Jordan, Turkey and Qatar.
U.S. officials plan to train thousands of Syrian rebels over three years. The programme is expected to begin this month in Jordan and focuses on battling the hardline Islamic State group rather than President Bashar al-Assad.
Hazzm's collapse has shown how such efforts will prove difficult in a country where insurgents often battle each other and arms have fallen into the hands of hardline groups.
An onslaught by al Qaeda's Syria wing, the Nusra Front, last week forced Hazzm into dissolution, its members swallowed by Jabhat al-Shamiyya, a mainly Islamist alliance. It was the second time in four months that Nusra had crushed a Western-backed rebel group.
Nusra is now considering cutting its ties with al Qaeda in a rebranding exercise backed by Qatar and some other Gulf states that will bring in more funds, sources say................http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/us-syria-strategy-falters/1696880.html
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