Syria Brotherhood Leader: US Position on Syria 'Negative'
In an exclusive interview, senior Syrian Muslim Brotherhood leader Ali al-Bayanouni says, "There is no room for a political solution" with the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Ali al-Bayanouni, the deputy controller general of Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood and the group’s former long-serving supreme guide, said that the expected US strike on the Syrian regime is not intended to protect civilians following the Ghouta chemical massacre, but to serve US interests in the region. He also denied the Brotherhood has been briefed on the proposed strikes by Western powers.
Bayanouni, 75, gave an exclusive phone interview to Al-Monitor from London, where he has been living in forced exile for 34 years. He said that the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood has no military formations of its own in the revolution, but that it supports any centrist or moderate party that defends civilians against the regime’s practices and violations.
Regarding Egypt, he said that Saudi Arabia erred in supporting the coup against the legitimately elected President Mohammed Morsi, because that coup was a setback to the democratic experience and threatens the region's Arab Spring. He blamed the differences among the Syrian nationalist forces on foreign interference by some countries.
Below is the full text of the interview:
