'Arab League must apologize to Syrian people'

'Arab League must apologize to Syrian people'
Sat May 25, 2013 19:50:53

Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi has criticized the Arab League policies on the unrest in Syria and said the body must apologize to Syrian people for its “destructive” stances toward the insurgency that has killed thousands of people.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Zoubi said that Arab League needs to reconsider its political and legal basics, noting that it lacks wisdom and sobriety and has overstepped all nationalist principles.


"The honest Arabs in the Arab League are counted on to put an end to the hegemony of political money and terrorism," he said, according to official SANA news agency.


The Syrian minister stressed that the Arab League’s role in Syria is an unacceptably destructive one, saying that "any attempt to hinder the political solution under the pretext of pushing towards it is an exposed attempt."
 

 

He said that Damascus doesn’t trust some AL members, adding that, “Those whom we don't trust can't play any role, neither now, or in the future”.


Zoubi made clear that the attempts of some Arab regimes to look for a role to play in Syria are "absurd and not possible", affirming that the Arab League must call off all its decisions against Syrian government and publically apologize to the Syrian people "and only then we can consider it."


Arab League has been a supporter of the bloody insurgency in Syria which has taken thousands of innocent lives. The body even rejected a call by UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon to stop sending arms to militant groups fighting against the legitimate government of President Bashar al-Assad.


Qatar, as a top member of the Arab League, has led appeals to provide militants with more heavy weapons in attempts to turn the tide in the war and it has been the biggest military supporter of the militants and terrorists in Syria.


A recent study by the Financial Times showed that Qatar has spent billions of dollars to fund militants in Syria in the past two years and Saudi Arabia leads the countries providing arms to them.


As the government of Syria is struggling with a vast bloody insurgency, the US, Israel and some their western allies have threatened President Bashar al-Assad of sending more arms to the militant groups if he does not leave his post.


In an interview broadcast on Turkish television on April 5, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that if the militants take power in Syria, they could destabilize the entire Middle East region for decades.

 

“If the unrest in Syria leads to the partitioning of the country, or if the terrorist forces take control… the situation will inevitably spill over into neighboring countries and create a domino effect throughout the Middle East and beyond,” he stated.

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