BRITISH Foreign Secretary William Hague says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is "delusional" for failing to see the bloodshed in his country is at his own hands.
Hague says he will announce this week more assistance to the Syrian opposition in the form of non-lethal equipment and refuses to rule out the possibility of arming them in the future.
Britain has been pushing to lift a ban on the sale of arms to Syria's rebels, but at a meeting last month European Union foreign ministers ruled that only "non-lethal" aid and "technical assistance" could be given to the opposition.
In an interview with British newspaper The Sunday Times, Assad accused London of wanting to arm terrorists in Syria.
"How can we expect them to make the violence less while they want to send military supplies to the terrorists and don't try to ease the dialogue between the Syrians?" Assad said in a rare interview with Western media.
"This is a man presiding over this slaughter," Hague told BBC television of Assad.
"We, Britain, are the people sending food and shelter and blankets to help people driven from their homes and families in his name.
"We are the people sending medical supplies to try to look after people injured and abused by the soldiers working for this man.
"Assad thinks and is told by his inner circle that all of this is an international conspiracy, not the actual rebellion and revolt of his own people.
"This will go down as one of the most delusional interviews that any national leader has given in modern times."
In the interview, Assad dismissed the suggestion that Britain could play a constructive role in resolving the conflict, saying: "We don't expect an arsonist to be a firefighter."
Hague said he would be announcing in parliament this week details of more equipment assistance given directly to the Syrian opposition and warned that Britain could not simply "sit it out" in the conflict.
"The longer this goes on, the greater the danger that extremism takes hold, the greater the danger of destabilising neighbouring countries ... and the greater the extreme humanitarian distress involved so we cannot just sit on the sidelines and watch.
"The situation in Syria now is too dangerous to the peace and security of that entire region and thereby of the world to ignore it."
Asked about arming the opposition, Hague said: "I don't think we can rule that out for the future."
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