Assad urges BRICS help in Syria crisis

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has called on the BRICS group of emerging powers to help "stop the violence" in the Arab country, Press TV reports.

"I call on the BRICS leaders to work together to immediately stop the violence in Syria in order to guarantee the success of a political solution," Assad said in a message sent to the group which held the second day of its fifth summit in the South African city of Durban on Wednesday.

The Syrian president added that ending nearly two years of deadly unrest in Syria requires a "clear international will to dry up the sources of terrorism and stop funding and arming" foreign-backed militants fighting against Damascus.

President Assad said his country is subjected to "acts of terrorism backed by Arab, regional and Western nation," urging the BRICS leaders to "work for an immediate cessation of violence."