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PRESIDENT ASSAD ORDERS COMMANDERS TO TARGET ISRAEL, US INTERESTS "IF ASSASSINATED"
FNA
19:17 | 2013-01-14
TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has ordered his army
commanders to target Israel and the US interests in the Middle East
region in case he is assassinated by the terrorists, informed sources
said on Monday.
President Assad's remarks came after he attended several meetings
with his senior commanders, and discussed the country's security
situation with them, the Algerian Al-Shorouq Oline newspaper quoted
informed sources close to the Syrian government as saying on Monday.
In the meetings presided by President Assad, Syria's top army
commanders told him that "the foreign hostile states will strive to
assassinate him instead of launching a military attack on Syria".
According to the report, a Persian translation of which was released
by the Iranian students news agency, the Syrian army commanders have
told the President that the spy agencies of certain western states
and Syria's neighboring countries have smuggled hi-tech missiles into
Syria to provide armed rebels and terrorist groups with a chance to
target President Assad's likely residence.
In response, President Assad has ordered his military commanders to
target Israel and the US positions in the region, specially in the
Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, if the western states succeed in
assassinating him.
Earlier this month, President Assad voiced his readiness for dialogue
with the opposition and political parties in Syria. The Syrian leader
also proposed general elections, adoption of a new constitution as
well as a national reconciliation conference.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011 with organized
attacks by well-armed gangs against Syrian police forces and border
guards being reported across the country.
Hundreds of people, including members of the security forces, have
been killed, when some protest rallies turned into armed clashes.
The government blames outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorist groups
for the deaths, stressing that the unrest is being orchestrated
from abroad.
In October 2011, calm was eventually restored in the Arab state
after President Assad started a reform initiative in the country,
but Israel, the US and its Arab allies are seeking hard to bring the
country into chaos through any possible means. Tel Aviv, Washington
and some Arab capitals have been staging various plots in the hope
of increasing unrests in Syria.
The US daily, Washington Post, reported in May that the Syrian
rebels and terrorist groups battling the President Bashar al-Assad's
government have received significantly more and better weapons in
recent weeks, a crime paid for by the Persian Gulf Arab states and
coordinated by the United States.
The newspaper, quoting opposition activists and US and foreign
officials, reported that Obama administration officials emphasized
the administration has expanded contacts with opposition military
forces to provide the Persian Gulf nations with assessments of rebel
credibility and command-and-control infrastructure.
According to the report, material is being stockpiled in Damascus, in
Idlib near the Turkish border and in Zabadani on the Lebanese border.
Opposition activists who several months ago said the rebels were
running out of ammunition said in May that the flow of weapons - most
bought on the black market in neighboring countries or from elements
of the Syrian military in the past - has significantly increased after
a decision by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other Persian Gulf states to
provide millions of dollars in funding each month.
From: A. Papazian
FNA
19:17 | 2013-01-14
TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has ordered his army
commanders to target Israel and the US interests in the Middle East
region in case he is assassinated by the terrorists, informed sources
said on Monday.
President Assad's remarks came after he attended several meetings
with his senior commanders, and discussed the country's security
situation with them, the Algerian Al-Shorouq Oline newspaper quoted
informed sources close to the Syrian government as saying on Monday.
In the meetings presided by President Assad, Syria's top army
commanders told him that "the foreign hostile states will strive to
assassinate him instead of launching a military attack on Syria".
According to the report, a Persian translation of which was released
by the Iranian students news agency, the Syrian army commanders have
told the President that the spy agencies of certain western states
and Syria's neighboring countries have smuggled hi-tech missiles into
Syria to provide armed rebels and terrorist groups with a chance to
target President Assad's likely residence.
In response, President Assad has ordered his military commanders to
target Israel and the US positions in the region, specially in the
Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, if the western states succeed in
assassinating him.
Earlier this month, President Assad voiced his readiness for dialogue
with the opposition and political parties in Syria. The Syrian leader
also proposed general elections, adoption of a new constitution as
well as a national reconciliation conference.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011 with organized
attacks by well-armed gangs against Syrian police forces and border
guards being reported across the country.
Hundreds of people, including members of the security forces, have
been killed, when some protest rallies turned into armed clashes.
The government blames outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorist groups
for the deaths, stressing that the unrest is being orchestrated
from abroad.
In October 2011, calm was eventually restored in the Arab state
after President Assad started a reform initiative in the country,
but Israel, the US and its Arab allies are seeking hard to bring the
country into chaos through any possible means. Tel Aviv, Washington
and some Arab capitals have been staging various plots in the hope
of increasing unrests in Syria.
The US daily, Washington Post, reported in May that the Syrian
rebels and terrorist groups battling the President Bashar al-Assad's
government have received significantly more and better weapons in
recent weeks, a crime paid for by the Persian Gulf Arab states and
coordinated by the United States.
The newspaper, quoting opposition activists and US and foreign
officials, reported that Obama administration officials emphasized
the administration has expanded contacts with opposition military
forces to provide the Persian Gulf nations with assessments of rebel
credibility and command-and-control infrastructure.
According to the report, material is being stockpiled in Damascus, in
Idlib near the Turkish border and in Zabadani on the Lebanese border.
Opposition activists who several months ago said the rebels were
running out of ammunition said in May that the flow of weapons - most
bought on the black market in neighboring countries or from elements
of the Syrian military in the past - has significantly increased after
a decision by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other Persian Gulf states to
provide millions of dollars in funding each month.
From: A. Papazian