Damascus Decides to Freeze Relations with Jumblat
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat received a verbal message from Syrian President Bashar Assad informing him that Damascus has decided to freeze relations with the MP for the time being, al-Liwaa newspaper reported.
Last week, Assad criticized Jumblat’s statements in which he advised former Prime Minister Saad Hariri to follow his example and refrain from getting involved in developments in Syria, informed sources told the daily.
They noted that Damascus informed the Druze leader that it doesn’t need “advice not from friends and allies, we know what we should do” regarding the crisis.
More than 2,600 people have been killed in Syria since massive pro-democracy protests erupted across the country in mid-March, according to the United Nations.
However, Assad's media adviser Bouthaina Shaaban said that 1,400 people, including 700 army and security officials, have been killed in the violence.
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