Syrian President:

US Wants ISIL to Capture Deir Ezzur

Rasa - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that he believes that Washington wants ISIL terrorists to capture the city of Deir Ezzur.

News ID: 429127

Date: 22 April 2017 - 23:32

RNA - "The United States campaign to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul from Daesh [ISIL] undermines Syrian positions in Deir Ezzur, indicating Washington's wish for Daesh to capture the city, Assad told RIA Novosti.

The President added that US attacks on Daesh in Mosul mean "they are against ISIL, but at the same time, they are supporting ISIL and they allow them to cross the border from Iraq into Syria."

"It means they helped ISIL to come to Deir Ezzur and to undermine the Syrian Army who are defending Deir Ezzur. They wanted Deir Ezzur to fall into the hands of Daesh," Assad stressed.

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