Syrian President Bashar Assad condemned Friday’s attacks in Paris and said that such acts of terror were similar to what the Syrian people had faced in years of violent war imposed on them

Syrian President Bashar Assad condemned Friday's attacks in Paris and said that such acts of terror were similar to what the Syrian people had faced in years of violent war imposed on them.

“What France suffered from savage terror is what the Syrian people have been enduring for over five years,” the Syrian President was quoted as saying on state media.

Assad received on Saturday a French delegation, including a number of parliamentarians, intellectuals, and media men, headed by member of the French National Assembly Thierry Mariani, SANA reported.

At least 127 people were killed in a deadly rampage where gunmen and bombers attacked restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium at locations across Paris Friday. ISIL claimed responsibility of the attack in a video it released later.