Sarah Palin has come up with a novel solution for ending the war in Syria – let Allah sort it out.

The former US vice-presidential candidate made the suggestion at a meeting of the conservative Faith and Free Coalition.

Mrs Palin told the crowd at the Washington event the United States should not intervene while president Barack Obama is in office.

Syrian civil war: Sarah Palin says 'let Allah sort it out'
Sarah Palin made the comment at a meeting of the conservative Faith and Free Coalition (Picture: AP)

The former governor of Alaska said both sides were slaughtering each other and shouting ‘Allah akbar’.

She continued: ‘Until we have a commander in chief who knows what he is doing… let Allah sort it out!’

The United States announced last week is set to arm the rebels in Syria after ‘conclusive evidence’ was uncovered the government has employed chemical weapons against them.

FILE - A boy named Ahmed mourns his father, Abdulaziz Abu Ahmed Khrer, who was killed by a Syrian army sniper, during his funeral in Idlib, northern Syria, March 8, 2012. This image was one in a series of 20 by AP photographers that won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
Palin on Syria: ‘Let Allah sort it out’ (Picture: AP)

President Obama has repeatedly said the use of chemical weapons would cross a ‘red line’, suggesting it would trigger greater US intervention in the war.


So far the two year conflict has seen 93,000 deaths and the support of the West’s regional allies, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, had helped the rebels in the days after the uprising became militarised.

But the tide turned after president Bashar al-Assad’s government turned to Moscow and Tehran for help.

Hezbollah fighters have also been involved in the government’s counter-offensive.