Assad declares that US-backed terrorists in Syria are 'traitors'

Sarah Dadouch
Reuters
Mon, 18 Dec 2017 13:55 UTC

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as seen in Damascus, Syria November 14, 2017.

In a meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin in Damascus, Assad also welcomed a United Nations role in Syrian elections as long as it was linked with Syria's sovereignty, his office cited him as saying. Assad has repeatedly vowed to take back all of Syria.

A U.S.-led international coalition against Islamic State has given military support to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias that now controls nearly a quarter of Syria.

The SDF said Assad's comments were no surprise, accusing his government of sowing strife and sectarianism. "We assert once again that we will go forward without hesitation in chasing terrorism," it said in a statement.

"This regime ... is itself a definition of treachery that, if Syrians do not confront it, will lead to partitioning the country, which our forces will not allow in any form," the Kurdish-led SDF added.

Comment: Not many leaders in the international community, or in the US army apparently, believes the militia are anything but US-backed terrorists:

• Moscow warns it will retaliate if US-backed militias attack Syrian Army
• Russia: Lavrov warns against sponsoring terrorists to achieve short-term goals, like overthrowing countries
• US Special Forces hate Syrian mission: "Nobody believes in it, everyone on the ground knows they are jihadis"

• Refugees in US controlled area of Syria appeal to Moscow and Damascus for help while the US is busy training 'moderate' terrorists
• US-Created Chaos in Afghanistan May Use ISIS to Target Russia in Great Game of Global Control
• The U.S. occupation of northeastern Syria is unsustainable, not to mention illegal

Rogozin was quoted by Russia's RIA news agency as saying after the meeting with Assad that Russia would be the only country to take part in rebuilding Syrian energy facilities.

Comment: Why would the US be invited to profit from the rebuilding of Syria? America and its allies oversaw the illegal carpet bombing of the country all in the vain attempt to overthrow Assad, a leader who, like Libya's Gaddafi, defied the US imperialist agenda:

• War crimes: US airstrikes destroy Syrian hospital and schools
• Russia compares US bombing of Raqqa to WWII destruction of Dresden
• US completely destroyed Raqqa to 'liberate' city from a Western-created monster
• Syrian war has orphaned a million children - UN
• America's 'Big Lie' in Syria
• After six years of death and destruction, what did Washington even achieve in its war on Syria?
• The US-backed terrorists failed to overthrow Syria, Trump meets with Erdogan to agree to stop funding the terrorists they're meant to be fighting (VIDEO)
• Russia smacks down "fundamentally flawed" UN resolution on "fictitious investigation" of chemical weapons attack in Syria