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EU, US policies behind crisis behind Syria conflict: France's Le Pen

Thursday, 06 October 2016 12:55 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 06 October 2016 5:34 AM ]

French National Front party leader Marine Le Pen delivers a speech during a rally in Frejus, France, on September 18, 2016. (Photo by Reuters)

French National Front Party Leader Marine Le Pen says the EU is responsible for the crisis in Syria, because it has been trying to bring down the government instead of battling terrorism.

“You’ve done everything to bring down the government of Syria, throwing the country into a terrible civil war, while accusing Russia which is actually fighting Daesh,” she said while addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday.

Russian air force fighters have been striking armed terrorists, including the Daesh and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham terror groups, across Syria at the official request of the government of President Bashar al-Assad since September 2015.

She stressed that the EU and US policies had directly contributed to Syria’s current crisis, which has claimed the lives of some 400,000 people since March 2011.

“You cannot hide your responsibility […] for plunging this part of the world into an absolutely monstrous chaos," noted Le Pen, who intends to run for president next year.

Le Pen also censured the EU’s "irresponsible" approach towards the refugee crisis in Europe.