'Without Putin, Syria Would Have Ceased to Exist' The 79-year-old Flemish Norbertine Father Daniel Maes lives since 2010 in a Syrian monastery. He confirms that - quote - "it is partly thanks to …More
'Without Putin, Syria Would Have Ceased to Exist'
The 79-year-old Flemish Norbertine Father Daniel Maes lives since 2010 in a Syrian monastery. He confirms that - quote - "it is partly thanks to Hezbollah that so many Christians and other Syrians are still alive. They came to our rescue in our darkest hours. And the same goes for the Syrian army and the Russians. If Putin hadn't come in 2015, Syria certainly would have ceased to exist."
Father Maes confirms, that the coverage of the Syrian war is based on lies. He explains that President Bashar al-Assad is not the problem, but rather - quote - "our own [Western] politicians, who support ISIS, in order to topple the Syrian government. The real terrorist leaders are in the West and Saudi Arabia."
Fr Maes says, that Syria was a beautiful country before the war broke out: "I experienced a peaceful and orderly society that I had never experienced before in my own country or elsewhere. Stealing and insolence were virtually non-existent. The many different religious and ethnic groups lived in harmony with one another," and, "I spoke to a French surgeon who said the hospitals in Syria were better than those in France."
Fr Maes explains how the conflict began: "I have seen with my own eyes how the so-called popular uprising arose in Qara. Men came from outside Syria. They shouted near the mosques slogans like ‘Assad is a dictator’. Then they invite young people to take videos. The Qatari TV Station Al Jazeera would pay them for such pictures." Maes confirms that terrorists hiding between the demonstrators started shootings, not the police.
Fr Maes commented on the claim of Socialist Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders who said President Assad should be prosecuted for war crimes. Fr Maes' response, "Anyone with half a brain can see that he is a puppet of the Americans, telling him exactly what to say and not to say," and, "He who serves the interests of foreign powers and destroys the lives of people of other nations is a terrorist leader, unworthy of the name of a statesman."
According to Father Maes the Syrian Christians who are a minority, see the violence of ISIS, Al Nusra and other groups as a political tool of the West, to disrupt Syria and bring regime change. And not only the Christians: the Muslims in Syria are also of the same opinion.
Father Maes says, that he has always been treated with the same hospitality by Muslims as Christians. The harmonious cooperation of populations has always been characteristic of Syria. Quote, "I even met a colonel from the Syrian army, a Sunni, who asked me if I wanted to bless him before he left for Aleppo."
Father Maes spoke in 2012 to Herman van Rompuy, the then President of the European Council. Quote, "I was under the impression that he barely knew where Syria was. All he knew was based on reports describing the country as the most terrible dictatorship in the world. That meeting really disappointed me."
The 79-year-old Flemish Norbertine Father Daniel Maes lives since 2010 in a Syrian monastery. He confirms that - quote - "it is partly thanks to Hezbollah that so many Christians and other Syrians are still alive. They came to our rescue in our darkest hours. And the same goes for the Syrian army and the Russians. If Putin hadn't come in 2015, Syria certainly would have ceased to exist."
Father Maes confirms, that the coverage of the Syrian war is based on lies. He explains that President Bashar al-Assad is not the problem, but rather - quote - "our own [Western] politicians, who support ISIS, in order to topple the Syrian government. The real terrorist leaders are in the West and Saudi Arabia."
Fr Maes says, that Syria was a beautiful country before the war broke out: "I experienced a peaceful and orderly society that I had never experienced before in my own country or elsewhere. Stealing and insolence were virtually non-existent. The many different religious and ethnic groups lived in harmony with one another," and, "I spoke to a French surgeon who said the hospitals in Syria were better than those in France."
Fr Maes explains how the conflict began: "I have seen with my own eyes how the so-called popular uprising arose in Qara. Men came from outside Syria. They shouted near the mosques slogans like ‘Assad is a dictator’. Then they invite young people to take videos. The Qatari TV Station Al Jazeera would pay them for such pictures." Maes confirms that terrorists hiding between the demonstrators started shootings, not the police.
Fr Maes commented on the claim of Socialist Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders who said President Assad should be prosecuted for war crimes. Fr Maes' response, "Anyone with half a brain can see that he is a puppet of the Americans, telling him exactly what to say and not to say," and, "He who serves the interests of foreign powers and destroys the lives of people of other nations is a terrorist leader, unworthy of the name of a statesman."
According to Father Maes the Syrian Christians who are a minority, see the violence of ISIS, Al Nusra and other groups as a political tool of the West, to disrupt Syria and bring regime change. And not only the Christians: the Muslims in Syria are also of the same opinion.
Father Maes says, that he has always been treated with the same hospitality by Muslims as Christians. The harmonious cooperation of populations has always been characteristic of Syria. Quote, "I even met a colonel from the Syrian army, a Sunni, who asked me if I wanted to bless him before he left for Aleppo."
Father Maes spoke in 2012 to Herman van Rompuy, the then President of the European Council. Quote, "I was under the impression that he barely knew where Syria was. All he knew was based on reports describing the country as the most terrible dictatorship in the world. That meeting really disappointed me."
