‘Blind West’ Aiding Syrian war- France’s Le Pen

Leader of France’s far-right National Front (FN), Marine Le Pen has given a television interview to Syrian channel, condemning Western and Gulf powers for “aiding” the 22-month war of terrorism   against Syria  and its people.

Le Pen spoke to SAMA TV, in a video that was uploaded to YouTube on January . The interview is the first accorded to a French politician since the start of the Syrian crisis.

Speaking of an “Islamist fundamentalist” takeover of the country, the far-right leader said from her office in Paris that the rebellion had been “in part aided by the blindness of Western countries”.

Le Pen said that Western powers were “doing in Syria exactly the same thing as they did in Libya, but secretly”. She said that by allegedly supporting Qatari and Saudi schemes to arm dissident militants in Syria, European leaders were “helping to fuel the civil war of which civilians are the first victims”.

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