BEIRUT (Reuters) - A top aide to President Bashar al-Assad said on
Friday the Syrian government would fight any force, including U.S.-backed
forces also battling Islamic State militants, in its drive to recapture the
whole of the country.
"Whether it's the Syrian Democratic Forces, or Daesh (Islamic
State) or any illegitimate foreign force in the country ... we will fight and
work against them so our land is freed completely from any aggressor,"
Bouthaina Shaaban said in an interview with Hezbollah's Al Manar TV.
Shaaban said the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had
captured areas from Islamic State "without any fighting", apparently
accusing them of collusion with the jihadists.
(Reporting by John Davison; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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