In an interview published Sunday by the Iran News newspaper, Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam warned Muslim countries against any interference in the American campaign against Afghanistan, believing that Israel in this matter "will be the only winner ". Khaddam said: “The war in Afghanistan has a unique nature because it is an American war against the Taliban and the Al-Qaeda network,” led by Osama bin Laden.
He added: “No Islamic country should interfere in this conflict under any pretext, because the only winner will be Israel.” The Syrian vice president added: "Some Arab and Islamic countries have provided assistance to the US attacks under the pretext of helping the US cause as an ally," but we "warned" them against this position. In response to a question about the possibility of launching a US operation against Syria and Lebanon, which Washington accuses of harboring organizations supporting "terrorism", Khaddam said: "It is unlikely that the Americans would attack Syria or Lebanon ".
He said: "The pressure exerted on Hezbollah (Lebanese Shiite) under the pretext of being a terrorist organization was considered a hostile measure against Syria, which opposes such American and Zionist practices." On November 2, the United States published a new list of organizations it considers “terrorists,” including Hezbollah and several radical Palestinian organizations, and called on all countries to impose sanctions on them or risk backlash. American.
Syria, which is home to 10 Palestinian organizations and supports Hezbollah, considers these to be “resistance movements” to the Israeli occupation and “terrorism”. In response to questions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Khaddam said that "the intifada is the only way to confront the usurping regime" of Israel.
