In an article published by the Lebanese al-Binaa newspaper on Saturday, Mikdad said that the flagrant interference of the western countries and their tools in Syria’s internal affairs and their attempt to change the standing national regime in it, following their success in other Arab countries in the frame of what they called the “Arab Spring” , is the “origin of the plight”.

“There are two top priorities to solve the crisis in Syria; countering terrorism and achieving further national reconciliations, Mikdad said, pointing out that countering terrorism necessitates that all countries including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar and the Western countries to stop financing , arming, harboring and facilitating the coming of the terrorist organizations to Syria and Iraq.