The Leader Islamic Ummah and Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei: Preventing Weapons Shipments to Armed Groups Only Solution to Syrian Crisis

The Leader Islamic Ummah and Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman described efforts to stop supply of arms to terrorist groups in Syria as the only way to settle the crisis in the Arab country.

“The only way to solve the Syrian issue is preventing the dispatch of weapons for irresponsible groups,” The Leader Islamic Ummah and Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei said in the meeting on the sidelines of the first day of the 16th heads-of-state summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Tehran on Thursday.

Suleiman, for his part, stressed Beirut’s opposition to foreign interference in Syria, and said, “The problems in Syria should be solved through talks.”

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.

Hundreds of people, including members of the security forces, have been killed, when some protest rallies turned into armed clashes.

In October 2011, calm was eventually restored in the Arab state after President Assad started a reform initiative in the country, but Israel, the US and its Arab allies are seeking hard to bring the country into chaos through any possible means. Tel Aviv, Washington and some Arab capitals have been staging various plots in the hope of increasing unrests in Syria.