Syria Denies Assad Comments Reported by Russia News Agency
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The office of Syria's President Bashar Assad denied comments attributed to him Sunday by a Russian news agency which quoted him as saying his departure is not up for discussion.
"What the Russian news agency Interfax has published as comments made by President Assad are inaccurate," said the Syrian presidency's press office.
The statement came after Interfax quoted Assad sounding a defiant note in a meeting with Russian parliamentarians in the Syrian capital Damascus.
"If we wanted to surrender, we would have surrendered from the start," Assad had been quoted as saying by the Russian agency.
"This issue is not under discussion," he reportedly added when asked about Western and opposition calls for him to stand down.
"Only the Syrian people can decide who should take part in elections," he said in the remarks translated into Russian.
Syria's regime and opposition are due to hold peace talks in Switzerland from Wednesday, with Assad's role in Syria's future expected to be a key stumbling block.
More than 130,000 people have been killed since the country's bloody civil conflict began in March 2011.
19 January 2014, 16:43
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Stop thinking with your avatare pleasse sagh.
HA offering protection for those selling and drinking alcohol? Are you out of your avatar? They ran out of liqour stores to bomb in Dahye, South, and all HA areas. Soon they will start heading to Ashrafeyye and Jounieh to blow up few more stores and restaurants. HA are the salafists of the Shia sect.
19 January 2014, 16:56
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sagh the syrian talking about alawite and shia culture once again synonymous with christian culture...you wish buddy, you wish. the best hospitals, universities, in this entire region, are contained within the heart-eater Geagea area of achrafieh and the liver-biting Hariri area of ras Beirut. your homeland of jabal mohsen on the other hand, probably smells like most of the resistance areas i have had the "pleasure" of visiting - stale urine.
19 January 2014, 20:12
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peacelover: oh i thought he was already gone!
popeye: have some spinach, your posts are very weak
19 January 2014, 13:01
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no solution till real democracy be implemented in Syria
and real democracy in the gulf countries
19 January 2014, 13:35
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why should he give up a country he inherited from his dad ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-IQpmxawvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OVkzVlAo_4
19 January 2014, 13:53
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was constitution changed for saad to be 'elected', lowering the minimum age for candidates from 40 to 34 ?
was saad appointed leader of the only Party and the Army when his da died ?
was saad elected without opponents with a 97% result ?
Please refresh my memory...
19 January 2014, 14:43
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Laughter is the best medicine, but if you laugh for no reason, you certainly need medicine.
19 January 2014, 14:46
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Flamethrower: you should be feeling quite good this Sunday with all those votes you got yesterday:) It shows you really are so popular.
20 January 2014, 11:27
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ys i'm here, but you guys keep reporting my perfectly good comments because you're unable to answer them, and naharnet obliges for some reason...
i was saying saad unlike bashar utterly failed, he inherited from daddy but lost it all and had to run to mommy in saudi after throwing a fit (or "day of rage" lol)
19 January 2014, 14:04
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"Icey, you are a nice guy i hope you are not secterian". Your words right? I miss your beloved brother benzona btw
19 January 2014, 14:39
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Syria is for Syrians and they will find their way to peace like we did after 15 years of civil war.
If certain Lebanese parties want to take sides there and want to fight other people's war, it is their prerogative and they will support the consequences and learn from their experience.
Our government's concern is to serve the Lebanese, to defend our borders, to grow the economy, to improve our infrastructure, to make the government more efficient, etc.
Unfortunately, populism is the easiest and the most divisive form of politics and the Lebanese fall for it and vote for the same politicians every time.
19 January 2014, 17:18
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For all of you who lived thru 1973 to 1981 and especially thru Syrian bombing of both East and west beirut, including palestinian camps, you should celebrate when this regime is gone. You see those pictures of bombing in Syria, this is what we had to live thru in Lebanon 30 years ago. The day this regime collapse, is the day every lebanese should celebrate, and especially those who children are still in Syrian jails. I am proud to be from the land of Cedre and fighting both Syrian and Israeli agression towards my country
19 January 2014, 17:38
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bashar's army lost ages ago, now khomeynists from lebanon to afghanistan are doing the fightings...
19 January 2014, 17:49
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He is the only candidate you mean. Not because he is heads and shoulders over the rest. Only because he rules much like your HA, by putting a gun to the face of all those who have enough education. and know what's best for them and their country, is not the Iranian revolutionary guard.
19 January 2014, 21:41
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Hezbollah & Syria is the only barricade between Lebanon and Al Qaeda dominance.
20 January 2014, 02:41
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Butchered who? I think we lebanese were more busy butchering each other during that war.
