Syria blames enemies for conflict
At U.N., official blasts nations for supplying opposition forces
Posted: October 2, 2012 at 4:40 a.m.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem (left) signs the guest book during a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) at U.N. headquarters on Monday.
Syria’s foreign minister told the United Nations on Monday that the violence racking his country was entirely the fault of other nations supplying the armed opposition, that the refugee crisis was concocted by Syria’s enemies and that a dialogue on a political transition was still possible.
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