The Syrian foreign ministry on Monday downplayed the statements made by Qatari foreign minister Mohammad Bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani on supplying the Syrian opposition with weapons.

The ministry stressed that the remarks are nothing but an attempt at raising the morale of the terrorist groups which are faltering due to the defeats they suffer at the hands of the Syrian Arab Army, Syrian News Agency (SANA) reported.

An official source at the ministry said that "once again, the henchmen of the Qatari sheikhdom are revealing their organic relationship with the armed terrorist groups in Syria through providing all sorts of military, financial, and political support to these groups, which proves that the Qatari regime is a reservoir of extremism, terrorism, and Takfiri mentality".

Source: MENA