Syrian FM to UN: 'Terrorists from 83 countries fighting in Syria'

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The Syrian government is fighting against “terrorist groups from 83 countries” as part of its “constitutional right” to protect the country’s people, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem told the UN General Assembly in New York.

In his speech to the UN Assembly, Muallem on Monday dismissed the definition of the Syrian conflict as a civil war, saying that the Syrian government is engaged in a “war against terrorism that recognizes no values, nor justice, nor equality, and disregards any rights or laws.”

“Confronting this terror in my country requires the international community to act in accordance with relevant resolutions on countering terrorism, particularly the UNSC resolution No. 1373 of 2001,” he said.

Muallem said that it’s the terrorist groups, including those linked to Al-Qaeda, who are violating Syrian people’s human rights “on a daily basis.” Any Syrians who do not share the extremist ideology risk being “killed, slaughtered,” with the women also taken as “captives on the basis of perverted concepts of religion that have nothing to do with Islam,” Syria’s FM said.

http://rt.com/news/syria-un-foreign-chemical-542/

[geek tragedy]

1. Even less convincing than when Bush said it. nt

[Junkdrawer]

2. A righteous but anemic civil war HAS been turned into a foreign sponsored terror swarm attack....

And the foreign sponsored terrorists are now targeting Assad AND his legitimate opposition.

A very odd situation.