Damascus lashed out at some states, in the region and abroad, for supporting the armed groups fighting the Syrian government.
Damascus lashed out at some states, in the region and abroad, for supporting the armed groups fighting the Syrian government.
Syrian Foreign Ministry sent a letter to the UN Secretary General and President of the security Council in which it said that Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda linked group, 
committed a massacre against scores of citizens in Hatla village in Deir Ezzor, most of them women and children.
"The terrorists also looted, burglarized the citizens' properties, burned their houses and attacked and sabotaged the worship places...”
The letter noted that the crime in Hatla was instigated by a Salafi Sheikh in Kuwait adding that this cleric is involved in funding and sending thousands of militants into Syria to fight the government there.
The ministry said that Syria has repeatedly warned in its pervious letters against the dangers of terrorism and extremism, as well as documented the crimes perpetrated by the armed groups.
"Syria stresses that when a number of states refused to condemn such crimes, they would encourage the terrorist groups to go ahead in their crimes which target the innocent citizens through committing massacres, random shelling on civilian regions in addition to the suicide bombings which even didn't spare the residential buildings, public establishments, mosques, churches as well as assassinating the Islamic and Christian clerks," the letter added, according to official news agency, SANA.
The ministry warned that the continuation of some countries, on top Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey to fund and arm armed groups in addition to the European latest decision, to lift embargo on arming the opposition is a dangerous violation of the legal commitments imposed by the UN Security Council resolutions and the relevant international treaties of counter-terrorism, on top, UNSC resolution 1373 for 2001.
The letter also stressed that the calls to arm the opposition under the pretext of changing the military balance won't only support terrorists, but this uncovers the hidden intentions of those states to obstruct efforts to reach a political solution among the Syrians.
