Erdogan linked to Muslim Brotherhood, Syria's Assad tells 'K'

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has hit out against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in an exclusive interview with Kathimerini, accusing him of being "affiliated" with the Muslim Brotherhood Islamist organization and calling Turkish troops who occupied the Syrian enclave of Afrin "terrorists." 

In a wide-ranging interview in Damascus with Kathimerini's executive editor Alexis Papachelas, Assad also denied that the Syrian Army used chemical weapons against civilians, saying that Syria gave up its chemical arsenal in 2013.

"The Western narrative started after the victory of the Syrian Army, not before," he said. "If you look at the videos, it's completely fake," he said. "It's a farce, it's a play, it's a very primitive play, just to attack the Syrian Army." 

Asked about his relationship with Erdogan, which has deteriorated since Turkish troops entered...