Syrian MP: US Provoking Terrorism In Mideast

Damascus, July 16, IRNA - Vice-Speaker of the Syrian Parliament Khaled Al-Abboud said Tuesday that US and the Zionist regime are provoking terrorism in the Middle East region with the help of certain regional countries. Speaking to IRNA exclusively, Al-Abboud said terrorists are tools in the hands of Washington and Tel Aviv but there would come a day when the same terrorists would rise against their present supporters and their allies. Al-Abboud said that US and Zionist regime are fighting with Syria for the cause of Palestine. He warned certain Arab supporters of the US and the Zionist regime including the Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait, that it was a plot by Washington and Tel Aviv to continue instability in the Middle East region. Al-Abboud said although the three Arab states could stop crimes committed by terrorist groups, especially in Iraq and Syria, they instead helped the spread of terrorism. Referring to the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran as a good lesson for the Syrian nation, he said Syrians have learned from Iran that no revolution could ever achieve victory without relying on the people. He stressed that the Syrian nation would be the true winner of the upcoming presidential election in that country./end