Assad is dreaming, says Turkey’s FM
20.4.2014 – MESOP -Ahmet Davutoglu refutes Syrian President’s claims that the war is turning in the regime’s favor. – #Turkey, 19-04-2014: ‘Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has rejected claims by Syrian President Bashar Assad that three-year war in his country is turning in the regime’s favor.
Davutoglu said in a televised interview on Friday that the Turkish government had previously made friendly suggestions to Assad to undertake necessary reforms on behalf of the Syrian people in order to stop the uprising in 2011.
He said the situation on the battlefield was different to what Assad had claimed in his statements, and stated that the Syrian opposition had taken control in Keseb and in Aleppo.
Davutoglu also said it was understandable that Assad’s forces had control of Damascus, as the regime used hunger as a weapon.
“Is it possible for a man who massacred his own people to take control of these events?” Davutoglu asked, adding: “Assad is dreaming.” ‘