Tunisian Lawmakers: Syria Paying the Price for its Principled Stances

ALEPPO, (ST)- A Tunisian parliamentary delegation, visiting Syria, has expressed its solidarity with the Syrian state and people in the war on terrorism. The delegation led by MP Mubaraka Awainiya al-Brahimi arrived in Damascus yesterday on a several day visit to the country.

Today, the delegation visited the historical archeological sites in the city of Aleppo, including Aleppo citadel, the Ummayyad Mosque, the Arab Anglican Church and a number of the city’s markets.

 Following the visit, al-Brahimi told reporters that “we came to Syria to voice our support for the Syrian people in the confrontation of the terrorist takfiri terrorism and to join them their happiness in achieving major victories over the terrorist organizations.”

During the delegation’s meeting with Aleppo Governor Hussein Diyab and the Aleppo Baath Party Secretary Fadel Najjar, al-Brahimi said that Syria is “the only castle of resistance which has been adhering to its national principles and confronted the Zionist enemy which has been trying to divert the world attention away from the Palestinian cause by backing evil and aggression forces and their terrorist takfiri tools.”

Al-Brahimi added that “Syria is now paying the price for the steadfast national stances it has been adopting under the weakness of the Arab regimes which are supporting terrorism in Syria and exporting terrorists to the entire world.”

On his part, Aleppo governor explained the situation in the governorate and talked about the destruction caused to its neighborhoods because of the terrorist groups attacks and about the citizens insistence to confront terrorism and expel terrorists from their city,

Najjar, on his part, said thanks to the cohesion of the Syrian people with their army and leadership, Syria withstood the crisis and achieved victory over the most heinous global war that targeted its existence.

Hamda Mustafa