Syrian Official lashes out at former Saudi Intelligence Chief ‘s Remarks Show Riyadh’s Support for Violence in Syria

A senior Syrian official lashed out at former Saudi Intelligence Chief Prince Turki al-Faisal for his recent remarks about the need for increased support for Syrian armed terrorists , saying that his statements provide a further proof for Riyadh’s key role in crisis in Syria ,according to FNA.

Prince Turki has recently stressed that the terrorists in Syria fighting the Syrian government should be given anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons .

“The statements by the former Saudi intelligence and security chief about the necessity for supplying weaponry aid to armed rebels in Syria show Saudi Arabia’s objectives and intentions,” Head of the Syrian Information Ministry’s Research and Studies Center Meladh Meghdad told the Arab-language satellite television, Al-Alam.

“We should all know that Saudi Arabia has been hit by political crisis and it knows well that victory of the will of the Syrian people is eventually inevitable,” Meghdad said.

The Syrian official reiterated that Saudi Arabia and some of its regional allies are fueling crisis in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq.

On Friday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Prince Turki said that he was no longer in government and did not need to be diplomatic, but “assumed” weapons were being sent to the rebels. He said it would be a “terrible mistake” if they were not.

The Palestinian al-Manar weekly reported that Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been financing and supplying armed rebels in Syria with more explosive materials they have recently purchased from the US, Israel and UK in a bid to help the terrorists carry out their anti-government operations inSyria.

Saudi Arabia and Qatar have smuggled the explosives to Syria with the assistance of the intelligence services of the Arab country’s neighboring countries, including Turkey, the al-Manar quoted informed security sources as saying in December.

The sources also disclosed that there are special terrorist garrisons in Turkey which are administered by the security officers of Israel and western countries.

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