Syria Says Ouster of Egypt's Morsi 'Great Achievement'
Syria's embattled government on Thursday hailed the ouster of Egypt's president Mohammed Morsi by the army after massive street protests against him as a "great achievement".
"Syria's people and leadership and army express their deep appreciation for the national, populist movement in Egypt which has yielded a great achievement," Syrian state television said, citing an official source.
The statement said the ouster was "a radical reversal involving a firm will to maintain democracy".
The mass protests that led to Morsi's ouster by the Egyptian army were a "rejection" of the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood organization from which he hails, the statement added.
The protests "rejected the Brotherhoodisation of the state," the statement said, "not only in Egypt but at the Arab level and the international level".
Syria's government is battling its own domestic uprising, which began with peaceful protests in March 2011 and turned into an armed conflict after a bloody crackdown on demonstrations.
Syria's Muslim Brotherhood organization is among the groups that oppose the regime, and plays a key role in the exiled opposition National Coalition.
The regime is particularly hostile to the Brotherhood, which led an uprising against the Syrian government in the early 1980s.
That revolt was brutally crushed in 1982 and membership in the Muslim Brotherhood is punishable by death in Syria.
Source: Agence France Presse
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