France, Britain, US want to regain 'prestige' with Syria strikes: dissident
Ãlvaro VILLALOBOS
Syrian political dissident Yassin al-Haj Saleh was held in jail in Syria from 1980 to 1996 for his opposition to then president Hafez al-Assad, Bashar's father (AFP Photo/JAVIER SORIANO)
Madrid (AFP) - Far from "saving Syrians from brutality", the United States, France and Britain were likely only trying to regain international "prestige" when they attacked Bashar al-Assad's regime, prominent Syrian dissident Yassin al Haj Saleh told AFP.
The three countries launched missile strikes against suspected chemical weapons development and storage sites in Syria on Saturday in response to an alleged chemical attack in the town of Douma which killed at least 40 people.
French President Emmanuel Macron himself recognised Tuesday that the air strikes didn't "necessarily resolve anything" in a civil war that has lasted for seven years, leaving more than 350,000 people dead and millions displaced.
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He has a good tale to tell, see, not all of the opposition are radical jihadists, he documented wrongs by them as well.
