The Sovereign Voice Issue 5 | Page 77

By Alex Christoforou POWERFUL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD” Madelyn Hoffman, Executive Director of New Jersey Peace Action, Member of the Syria Delegation at the 17:15: Reprinted with Permission And these outside mercenary forces are the ones that are terrorising the Syrian people, and are attempting to divide the Syrian people.” “This is not a civil war in Syria. That’s probably the first thing we heard, and we heard it over and over again. It is not President Assad against his own people. It is President Assad and the Syrian people, all together, in unity, against outside forces, outside mercenary forces, terror organisations, the names change everyday or every other day, to try to protect their identity, and maybe keep the connection between the country that funded it and that group, kind of a little bit more nebulous, but there are groups, mercenary forces, supported by Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United States, and underneath it, Israel, the state of Israel. TheSovereignVoice.Org