Syrian Minister Says Turkey, Others Still Supplying Terrorists
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said Thursday that states including Turkey continued to supply terrorists in Syria with advanced weapons, state media reported.
Moualem said the Syrian government would press on with its fight against terrorists, at a meeting with China's special envoy to Syria, Reuters cited the state news agency SANA as reporting on Thursday.
Damascus says the militancy which has ravaged the country in the past few years is part of a conspiracy to bring about regime change in the Arab country.
Since the beginning of the foreign-backed crisis in Syria in March 2011, an assortment of militant groups, including the Daesh (ISIL) terrorists and the US-backed Free Syrian Army, have been formed in the country with the ultimate goal of overthrowing the Syrian government. However, the militant groups have frequently turned on each other and engaged in infighting in a power struggle and over resources.
More than 260,000 people have been killed so far in Syria due to the violence.
