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Thursday 10 Dec 2015 - 10:25 Makkah mean time-28-2-1437
London, (IINA) - Syrian Regime Leader Bashar Al-Assad has recently admitted that his regime provided weapons to PYD, the Syrian branch of the terrorist PKK organization, Anadolu Agency reported.
In remarks made during a special interview with the British daily, The Sunday Times, Al-Assad was quoted as saying: “We sent them [PYD] armaments, because they are Syrian citizens, and they want to fight terrorism”.
According to the full text of the interview, which was also published by Syria’s official news agency later, Assad said the regime had documents to prove its support for armed groups such as the PYD.
“The Kurds are fighting the terrorists with the Syrian army, in the same areas... [They are supported] mainly by the Syrian army, and we have the documents”.
“We sent them armaments, because they are Syrian citizens, and they want to fight terrorism. We do the same with many other groups in Syria because you cannot send the army to every part of Syria. So, it is not only the Kurds. Many other Syrians are doing the same”, he said.
About his plans to stay in Syria, Assad said that he might run for president if there was an election prior to 2021 when his presidential term ends, arguing that it was his right to do so as a “Syrian citizen”.
“It is about a political process. If this process is agreed on, then I have the right to run for elections like any other Syrian citizen… Anyway, it is early to talk about this, because as you know, this process was not agreed upon yet”, he said.
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