DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – Syrian Defense Minister Lieutenant General Ali Mahmoud Abbas has censured the Zionist regime as the “greatest threat” to the security and stability of West Asia, reiterating that the regime assists the U.S. in its aggressive agenda in the region.
“The occupying Zionist regime, with its aggressive practices and expansionist policies in support of terrorism constitutes the greatest threat to the security and stability of the West Asia region,” Abbas declared in an address before the 11th Moscow Conference on International Security held in the town of Kubinka outside the Russian capital on Tuesday.
“The international community is duty-bound to put an end to such practices. It must stop turning a blind eye to the massacres being perpetrated by Israeli authorities across the occupied Palestinian territories, the regime’s insistence on the policy of land expropriation, expansion of illegal settlements, recurrent desecrations of sanctities, and violations of Palestinians’ freedoms and rights,” the Syrian defense minister stated.
He underscored that the occupying regime must be held accountable for its continuous airstrikes on Syrian lands, saying the aerial raids undermine any genuine initiative to consolidate Syria’s security and stability.
Abbas added that the criminal policies of the Zionist regime have even reached out to Africa, and the regime interferes in the internal affairs of the continent, creates conflicts in African nations, and works to generate a state of tensions there.
The Syrian defense minister also noted that many countries have suffered from the evils and colonial policies of the West, as it has worked a lot to provoke conflicts worldwide, supports terrorist organizations and destroyed nations like Iraq, Libya, Lebanon and Syria.
These countries have been suffering from the scourge of aggression and terrorism for more than 12 years, he said.
He said among the most serious challenges and threats to international security is the foreign occupation of large swathes of land in some countries and attempts to undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the targeted states.
The Syrian defense minister then pointed to the decades-long Zionist-Palestinian conflict, occupation of Palestinian-owned lands and the immense sufferings that Palestinians have been enduring for more than 70 years.