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June 13th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Russia’s deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told reporters last month
that Moscow believed “it would be wrong to leave the Syrian government
without the means for self-defence.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said at the same news conference
with Lavrov that Tehran and Moscow were “very close” on the Syria
issue.
Western and Arab nations, he said, “are sending weapons to Syria and
forces to Syria, and are not allowing the reforms promised by the Syrian
president to be applied.”
Reports in Iran allege that Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United States are
arming Syria’s rebels – termed “terrorists” by Damascus –
while US officials claim Iran is giving arms and military advisers to
Syria’s regime.
Some observers fear the conflict, which the UN’s chief peacekeeper agrees now
resembles a civil war, could blow up into a struggle between forces helped
by outside nations.
“There is a real risk of it sliding into a proxy war as certain states
support the regime or ‘the opposition’,” one Western diplomat told AFP,
speaking on condition on anonymity.
“The conflict in Syria certainly appears to be getting more brutal – and
not just on one side,” the diplomat warned.
Monitors say at least 14,100 people have been killed in the 15-month uprising
against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Russia came under fierce criticism from Western and Arab countries for vetoing
two UN Security Council resolutions that would have sanctioned Assad for his
use of force.
Since then, it has sought to distance itself from Assad while continuing to
support his regime. “We do not support any individual or government, we
support the people of Syria,” Lavrov said.
Moscow is now trying to organise an international conference on Syria that
would include several nations with influence over the conflict, including
Iran. The United States, Britain and France, though, object to Iran taking
part.
“We want the support of all the players,” Lavrov said.
“All sides in the conflict need to stop operations … Any player with
leverage should apply pressure to stop the violence and facilitate
negotiations,” he said.
Source: AFP
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