Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said Thursday, “Syria’s transformation into the center of gravity for international terrorists is becoming a reality”, adding that “it is a frightening reality”.

Syria has been experiencing a deadly unrest since March 2011 when foreign-backed terrorists hijacked the Syrian people’s peaceful call for change in the country’s political establishment.
 

The foreign-backed insurgency has led to death of many people, including large numbers of Syrian army and security personnel.
 

The Syrian government has voiced his concerns about the chaos which is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are many reports confirming that a very large number of the terrorists are foreign nationals.

Russia has criticized Western calls for President Bashar al-Assad to give up power and, together with China, has blocked three UN Security Council’s resolutions meant to pressure him to stop resisting the terrorists.

Lukashevich reaffirmed Moscow’s support for a national dialogue to end the deadly violence in Syria. “Russia will continue its efforts to speed up the resolution of the conflict in Syria,” he said.

Russia accuses the Western powers and their regional allies of using double standards by providing anti-Syria terrorist groups with financial support to purchase weapons while at the same time calling for talks.

In November 2012, Damascus presented the UN Security Council with lists of hundreds of foreign nationals who had been killed during clashes with the Syrian army.