Russian policies bred extremism in Syria

' “Does he even know how the Syrian regime hacked off the throats of those who sang for the revolution?
“Does he remember that for almost eight months, the Syrians protested peacefully under the regime’s fire and how there was not one statement from Moscow or any mention of a political solution?”
Mr Putin announced at the summit that extremist groups fighting in Syria didn’t come from nothing.
True, said the writer, terrorism grew and expanded in Syria as a result of the regime’s terrorism under the patronage of Moscow.'