Syria Regime Slams Gulf Interference in Conflict
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Syria's government on Wednesday slammed the Gulf Cooperation Council for interfering in the country's conflict and condemned the bloc for what it called "inflammatory rhetoric".
The foreign ministry statement came after the GCC called for the withdrawal of foreign forces taking part in the conflict, and said President Bashar Assad should have no role in Syria's future.
The foreign ministry "strongly condemns the inflammatory rhetoric of the Council's statement on Syria, particularly as countries in the Council... support and practice terrorism," the statement said.
Gulf states, including Qatar and Saudi Arabia, actively support the uprising against Assad's government and have been fiercely criticized by the Syrian regime for backing "terrorists".
"Those who participated today in the summit in Kuwait, first among them the Saudi regime, have contributed in large part to the killing of Syrians and the destruction of their country," the ministry said.
"Their sorrow about the suffering of the Syrian people is nothing more than crocodile tears."
The GCC, after two days of talks in Kuwait, called for the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Syria and accused Assad's government of committing "genocide".
The appeal for a withdrawal was a clear reference to Shiite fighters from Lebanon's Hizbullah and Iraqi militias that are fighting alongside the Syrian regime.
The grouping also backed an opposition demand that Assad play no role in Syria's future.
"Pillars of the Syrian regime whose hands had been stained by the blood of the Syrian people must have no role in the transitional government or Syria's political future," the oil-rich nations said in their closing statement.
11 December 2013, 19:22
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Soon, we will send you pigeons and birds Saudi Arabia. That definitely will kill you. Pigeons flying and normal birds is the way to eliminate your sterile, filthy culture.
11 December 2013, 20:38
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So if the GCC are calling for the withdraw of foreign fighters from Syria, does that mean they will stop funding and recruiting and sending terrorists to Syria? Or have they finally worked out that fighting the Syrian people is a losing war and a bad investment that they wish to now abandon? Or are they very stupidly trying to play political tricks? Or have the masters of oppression finally realised that the Syrian people don't want their backward, outdated, oppressive and extremist view of Islam as part of their society? Fighting wars under false pretences will only lead to defeat, GCC especially KSA should of done some house cleaning before trying to liberate the Syrian people, they should have addressed their oppressive cultures.
