Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec.12 / Trend, A.Taghiyeva /
Spokesman of the Syrian Foreign Ministry Jihad Makdisi has not left the country, and now he is on vacation, Syrian "Al-Watan" newspaper reported on Wednesday.
According to the newspaper, information that Makdisi has left for Lebanon and escaped from there to the other country is false.
Earlier Arabic media outlets reported that Makdisi left the country and joined the opposition.
Anti-government protests have continued in Syria for a year and half.
According to UN, the total number of victims of the conflict in Syria exceeds 30,000.
More than 230,000 have become refugees with around three million in need of humanitarian assistance. The Syrian authorities say they oppose the well-armed militants.