Syria’s Deputy Prime Minister, who is also Minister of Foreign Affairs, defended the actions of his government at the UN General Assembly on Monday calling the current conflict a ‘war on terror’ and not a civil war.
Walid al-Moualem told the General Assembly:
“There is no civil war in Syria, but it is a war against terror 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 counter-terrorism, to take necessary and prompt measures to compel those well-known countries that finance, arm, train and provide a safe haven and passage for terrorists coming from different countries of the world.”
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