Syria expects War

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said Israel's raid on the Gaza aid flotilla has increased the chances of war in the Middle East.
In an interview with the BBC's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen, he said Syria was working to prevent a regional war.
But he added that there was no chance of a peace deal with the current Israeli administration, which he called a "pyromaniac government".
Mr Assad also rejected claims he was arming Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.
Nine Turkish activists died during last month's raid on the Free Gaza ships attempting to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Asked if the Israeli raid had increased the chance of war in the Middle East, Mr Assad said: "Definitely, definitely."
"When you don't have peace, you have to expect war every day, and this is very dangerous," he said.
Israel has set up an inquiry into the raid after rejecting a United Nations proposal for an international investigation, but Turkey has said that it has no confidence in the impartiality of the investigation.
"[The raid has] destroyed any chance for peace in the near future," Mr Assad said.
"Mainly because it proved that this government is another pyromaniac government, and you cannot achieve peace with such [a] government."
The current Israeli administration of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was "different from any previous Israeli government", Mr Assad said.
He said there had been indications before the raid on the Gaza flotilla about "their intentions towards peace, their intentions towards the Palestinians, their intentions to kill Palestinians".
Mr Assad denied that he was sending weapons to the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon, which fought a month-long war with Israel in 2006.
He said he was happy to do business with the United States, but insisted that Iran would remain an ally.
And he added that Turkey, which had been mediating between Syria and Israel, was unlikely to do so now following the flotilla raid - unless the Israeli government changed.
"The Turks never attacked Israel, never smuggled weapons, never did anything harmful to Israel. They only worked for peace," he said.
Syria had been in indirect talks with the former Israeli government of Ehud Olmert in 2008 until Mr Olmert resigned, facing corruption charges.
In recent months US foreign policy worked on the assumption that persuading Syria to come on board with them would be a piece of "low-hanging fruit" in the region, our correspondent says.
But now it is becoming apparent that gaining the support of Syria to help fix the Middle East peace process will not be easy at all, he adds.
The US has offered to drop five year-long sanctions against Syria in return for Syria dropping its ties with regional ally Iran.

Thankyou to BBC-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/10337041.stm

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[missa18421]

America is supporting Islamic terrorists and killers in Syria...

[shadowberetta]

millions displaced, millions of families shattered and Iraq had been put back about 50 years. So where is the WMDs? Or the chemical weapons they kept talking about? Oh ya there were none. So why isn't the U.N prosecuting Bush? They don't care about the the civilians. Wake up. It's all bullshit.

[MikeMths35]

@hudfadz Alawites don't go to Hell they go to the stars.

[MikeMths35]

@greenleader100 That was a whole city with terrorists funded by Saddam Hussein.

[MikeMths35]

@greenleader100 Yee-Haw trash-boy.

[MikeMths35]

@Syria2011archives Not carrying about the Palestinians doesn't make someone a Zionist.

[MikeMths35]

@kikochp They are pussies for standing up to America??? HUH?

[MikeMths35]

@MrWelsh200 We are being cheated? Your name is MrWelsh, I don't think you live in Syria so why does this matter to you?

[oldmanhair0]

@missa18421 Okay Missa, and lemme guess u are one of them

[kikochp]

RUSSIA IS PUSY

[MrWelsh200]

@Readabookism

As an American you are very mistakeable. Do you really think Assad will leave the Throne if nobody forces him to do so... He is like Hitler this Psycho.

We all are being cheated by rat arsed Russians because they bring the guns there.