Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad told a visiting group of European parliamentarians on Sunday that western governments' support for opposition groups in Syria caused terrorism in Europe, Reuters reported.

"The problems Europe faces today of terrorism, extremism and waves of refugees are caused by some western leaders' adoption of policies which do not serve their people," the Syrian president told a delegation of members of the European Parliament headed by Javier Couso, vice chairman of its foreign affairs committee.


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