DAMASCUS (Dispatches) –
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has called on the U.S. to withdraw its forces from Syrian territories, saying that it will prosecute officials in the administration and U.S. forces.
In a statement, the Military Prosecution of President Assad declared that it would “prosecute officials in the administration and the U.S. troops for the presence of evidence of violations committed by the U.S. forces in Syria.”
“Prosecutions will include not only the penal part, but also claims for victims’ rights to compensation before competent national and international judicial authorities,” the statement added.
The statement said that the U.S. presence in Syria is “unjustified”, especially as the U.S. did not obtain prior permission from the Assad government regarding this presence, nor did the United Nations Security Council authorize it.
The statement said U.S. troops support the “separatist project” in northeastern Syria, noting at the same time, “There is evidence that proves that many members of Daesh are receiving training from U.S. soldiers.”
The statement came as U.S. warplanes bombed a residential neighborhood in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah, a week after remnants of the Daesh terrorist group launched an armed attack on a detention center run by the Kurdish-led militants from the U.S.-backed so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing local sources, reported that the fighter jets struck several houses in the vicinity of Industrial Secondary Prison in the provincial capital city of Hasakah city on Friday, under the flimsy pretext of hunting down terrorists currently at large after escaping the Kurdish-run Ghwayran jail.
The report added that the aerial strikes caused massive destruction in the targeted area, with no immediate information about the number of casualties.
SANA noted that the U.S. military airstrikes were coupled with home break-ins, which SDF members carried out in Aziziyah neighborhood of Hasakah city.
The U.S.-backed militants arrested an unidentified number of people, and took them to an unknown location.
In another development, Syrian government forces have prevented a U.S. military convoy from passing through a neighborhood in Hasakah city.