President Al-Assad: No Reconciliation with takfiri and terrorist groups

DAMASCUS, (ST) – President Bashar Al-Assad on Sunday received a delegation representing Lebanese national parties, forces and figures.

Talks dealt with Arab and regional’s latest developments in general   and developments in Syria and Lebanon in particular.

“thanks to the Syrians’ steadfastness and supporting their valor army, the situation in Syria is improving “,said  President Al-Assad ,adding  that there can be no reconciliation with Takfiri and terrorist groups and that Syria will sternly confront terrorism in all its forms in parallel with the government’s work to implement the political program for resolving the crisis.

President Al-Assad stressed that Lebanon’s strength isn’t in its weakness, but rather it’s actual and real strength,  pointing out that the political, cultural and social wealth and diversity of Lebanon and Syria bolster them in the face of the intellectual invasion targeting the region and helps them foil the foreign plots that seek to create a new Sykes-Picot which divides the region on sectarian and ethnic basis.

President Al-Assad made it clear that the ongoing events in the Arab World assert the need for unifying ideas and concepts’, noting that Syria and Lebanon have always been pioneers in creating and bolstering such ideas, particularly through nationalist, pan-Arab and Nasserite parties, which contributed greatly to spreading and bolstering pan-Arab nationalist sentiments.

“today we are in dire need to boost the said role only to confront relentless attempts to fragment the region, “underlined President Al-Assad.

 ” the Lebanese people are committed to Arabism and the resistance as well and  what Syria is facing  definitely  target the entire Arab nation, and that all the Arab people should be involved in foiling the plots targeting Syria’s pan-Arab role and its civilized and moderate Islam, “affirmed the delegation.

“undoubtedly, Syria will remain the bastion  of resistance. Moreover, the  Syrian martyrs along with the Syrian Army represent the pride and dignity of the Arab nation,”stressed the delegation.

M.D