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'Premeditated' US airstrike on Syrian army in Deir Ez-Zor supports Daesh - Assad

03 November 2016 11:05 (UTC +04:00)

Baku – APA. Syrian President Bashar Assad accused Washington of conducting a "premeditated attack", which supported Daesh, on September 17, when the US-led coalition's aircraft bombed the government troops in Deir ez-Zor, killing over 80 people, Sputnik reported.

Underscoring that the air raid on the Syrian Army was not a coincidence (the government troops were pounding Daesh), Assad said in an interview with Serbia's Politika newspaper, as quoted by Syrian news agency Sana Thursday.

The United States and its Western allies bear the brunt of responsibility for the failure of the latest cessation of hostilities in Syria, Assaid said.

"West, mainly the United States… always ask for ceasefire only when the terrorists are in a bad situation, not for the civilians," Assad told Politika.

Russia and the United States are not likely to join forces to counter terrorism because of differing values, the Syrian president said in the interview.