Assad to address Syrians on crisis

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/194580.html

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reportedly plans to deliver a televised speech in the upcoming days to address the ongoing crisis in the country.

Informed sources say Assad plans to address the nation in the next two days about the months-long unrest in Syria that is feared to seriously harm the national unity in the country, a Press TV correspondent reported on Thursday.

The Syrian head of state is expected to elaborate on the leadership's proposed measures to curb the tension.

The speech will come as the Syrian Army pulls its units out of Deir Ezzor after clearing the eastern city of armed gangs.

Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March with organized attacks by well-armed gangs against Syrian police forces and border guards being reported across the country.

Hundreds of people, including members of the security forces, have been killed in the tension.

Damascus says that the unrest is being orchestrated from outside the country and that the security forces have been given clear instructions not to harm civilians.

Syrian state TV has also broadcast reports and images of seizure of arms caches as well as confessions by terrorist elements, pointing to how they obtained weaponry from foreign sources.