Mekdad anoramba mhosva dzokuti hurumende yake yakadzvinyirira vanhu vairatidzira pakatanga hondo yevagari vemuSyria. Akaita mabvunzurudzo neWestern neArab Media nezvekumukira, kwaakataura achitsigira Bashar al-Assad. Akasimudzira kutaura kwehurumende kuti hurumende yake iri kurwisa vapanduki vane zvombo, uye paakabvunzwa nemutori wenhau weBBC kuti anotenda here kuti hurumende yake iri kukunda muhondo, akapindura achiti "Tichakunda, tiri kukunda, hongu". Mekdad aive chikamu chemumiriri anomiririra hurumende yeSyria panguva yeGeneva II Musangano weSyria
. Dzimwe nhengo dzaaiva nadzo dzaiva Bashar Jaafari, Omran al-Zoubi, Bouthaina Shaaban, Walid Muallem, naLuna Shabal.