„Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has reportedly expressed support for Russian military intervention in Syria, including air raids which have been used to help prop up the regime. Abbas – who is also leader of the Fatah movement and Palestine Liberation Organisation – was said to have expressed his backing for Russian air raids in Syria during a meeting with Russia‘s upper house speaker Valentina Matviyenko. … The remarks will no doubt anger many Syrians who have long suspected Fatah having sympathy for the regime.“ (Das Online-Nachrichtenportal The New Arab: Palestinian President Abbas ‘strongly supports’ Russian intervention in Syria)
