Syrian President Bashar Assad responded on Sunday to U.S. President Barack Obama’s call for him to resign by saying Obama himself should resign.

During his interview on Syrian state television, Assad said the U.S. stands alongside Israel “who commits crimes against Arabs and Palestinians.”

“What the West says does not interest us,” Assad said. “If we understand that these countries support the crimes of Israelis against the Palestinians, then we understand what this is all about.”

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