Sunday, January 08, 2006

President Assad seeks help from Saudi

President Bashsar Assad flew to Saudi King Abdullah Sunday to try and resolve the crisis spawned by the killing of former prime minister Rafik Hariri. Following accusations by former Syrian Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam, insinuating that President Assad could have been implicated in Hariri's assassination, the United Nations committee investigating the murder has asked to question both Assad and his foreign minister Farouk Shara.

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