US Inciting Terrorism In Syria, Says Rickard

The US government is encouraging terrorism in Syria by supplying arms to foreign-backed militants operating, an analyst tells Press TV.

 “The US and its NATO allies are actually instigating terrorism in Syria. The policy is extremely aggressive and extremely criminal,” Scott Rickard told Press TV in an interview.

He said the US is arming terrorists against a “sovereign nation” which recently reelected Bashar al-Assad as president.

The United States is reportedly providing antitank weapons, such as BGM-71 TOW (Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided) missiles, to the terrorists in Syria .

Rickard said the US-supplied weapons are “falling into the wrong hands” in Syria.

He called into question the US claims that the weapons are provided for “moderate” militants, saying, “I challenge the United States or any of its NATO partners to find a ‘moderate group’ that has been fighting in Syria.

The analyst said the US government is prolonging the “multi-year criminal war” in Syria.

According to reports, the Western powers and their regional allies — especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey — are supporting the terrorism and terrorists operating inside Syria.

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