Islam Times - Syrian government should be "smashed fast": French FM

Islam Times - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has said that the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be "smashed fast."

He even went further into saying that President Assad doesn't deserve to be alive. Fabius made the remarks on Friday after visiting a Syrian refugee camp in the Turkish province of Kilis.

"The Syrian regime should be smashed fast," Fabius told reporters at a refugee camp near the Oncupinar border crossing. He had previously visited Syrian refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon.

His comments are similar to those of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy before his country joined a NATO-led attack on Libya which resulted in the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi and his government.

Last week, France, who is accused of arming anti-Damascus insurgents, deployed troops to the Syrian border with Jordan. The French government announced that its soldiers had been deployed “to help refugees” in the border area.

Syria has been the scene of violence by armed groups since March 2011. The unrest has claimed the lives of thousands of people, including a large number of security personnel.

Damascus blames "outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorist groups" for the unrest, asserting that it is being orchestrated from abroad.