Presidential Hopeful: Syria Paying Price for Resistance against US, Israel

Iranian Presidential hopeful Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel rapped the western states’ double-standard approach towards the recent revolutions and uprisings in the region, and said they have taken a hostile stance against Syria because the Muslim nation has stood against the bullying of the US and Israel.

Former parliament speaker and member of the current legislature, Haddad Adel, said when the Islamic Awakening (also known as the Arab Spring) started in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya, the western powers stimulated a simulated move in Syria suddenly and started their hostile moves against this nation as if it were just Syria which didn’t have desirable level of democracy and everything was OK in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

He referred to the reason for the world powers’ inimical behavior towards Syria, and said, “The issue is rooted in the fact that from among all the Arab countries, this has been Syria which has turned into a resistance front against Israel since the very beginning and has not raised its hands as a sign of surrender, and that’s why they want Syria to be punished.”

Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011 with organized attacks by well-armed gangs against Syrian police forces and border guards being reported across the country.

The US and its western and regional allies have long sought to topple Assad and his ruling system. Media reports said that the Syrian rebels and terrorist groups have received significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks, a crime paid for by the Persian Gulf Arab states and coordinated by the United States.

The US daily, Washington Post, reported in May that the Syrian rebels and terrorist groups battling the President Bashar al-Assad’s government have received significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks, a crime paid for by the Persian Gulf Arab states and coordinated by the United States.

The newspaper, quoting opposition activists and US and foreign officials, reported that Obama administration officials emphasized the administration has expanded contacts with opposition military forces to provide the Persian Gulf nations with assessments of rebel credibility and command-and-control infrastructure.

Opposition activists who several months ago said the rebels were running out of ammunition said in May that the flow of weapons – most bought on the black market in neighboring countries or from elements of the Syrian military in the past – has significantly increased after a decision by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other Persian Gulf states to provide millions of dollars in funding each month.