EU Should Refrain from Backing Daesh-Like Armed Groups in Syria: Belgian Party

European countries should refrain from supporting violent armed groups fighting against Damascus and wreaking the same havoc as Daesh and other terrorist groups, Luc Rivet, a spokesman for Belgium’s center-right Parti Populaire (Popular Party), told Sputnik on Saturday.

MOSCOW — Rivet’s remark came as Aldo Carcaci, the only PP lawmaker in Belgium’s Chamber of Representatives, began on Friday his visit to the Syrian cities of Damascus and Aleppo at the invitation of the country’s government, Sputnik reported.

“Europe should not support factions of opponents to the regime, which are not much better than ISIS  [Daesh], and are acquainted with al-Qaeda,” Rivet said.

 He added that the party was opposing the policy of both the European Union and the United States in Syria; a policy which had failed to defeat Daesh due to “indecision of president Obama.”

According to the spokesman, European media outlets have not facilitated the settlement process having done “an awful job” while covering the conflict, especially the situation in the city of Aleppo, as “they have been manipulated.”

According to Pierre Le Corf, the founder of We Are Superheroes humanitarian organization, there were no rebels in the city of Aleppo that was seized by so called armed opposition, but terrorists who massacred civilians under protection of the mainstream media.

Le Corf said that contrary to popular belief all these years the people of Syria have been fighting against terrorist groups, and not against the Syrian government. He listed as terrorists such groups as Free Syrian Army, al-Nusra Front, Jaysh al-Islam, Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki, Brigade Sultan Mourad.

He stressed that despite armed groups reached an agreement with the Syrian government and were allowed to flee to Idlib many of them came back to resume suicide attacks.

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