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Assad: Syria war will destabilize all Middle East

Arab World Materials 20 November 2011 08:38 (UTC +04:00)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned against any foreign attack against his country, saying the military action will cause instability in the whole Middle East, Press TV reported.
Assad: Syria war will destabilize all Middle East

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned against any foreign attack against his country, saying the military action will cause instability in the whole Middle East, Press TV reported.

Speaking to Britain's Sunday Times newspaper, Assad said the Arab League's intervention could provide a pretext for a Western military action, warning that a war against Syria would create an "earthquake" across the region, AFP reported on Saturday.

"If they are logical, rational and realistic, they shouldn't do it because the repercussions are very dire. Military intervention will destabilize the region as a whole, and all countries will be affected," he said.

The Syrian president referred to the mounting foreign pressure on his government, but vowed that his country "will not bow down and that it will continue to resist the pressure being imposed on it."

The Arab League ultimatum to Damascus to halt its lethal clampdown on the opposition was to expire at 2200 GMT.

The protests in Syria began in mid-March, inspired by revolts that have led to the ousting of long-standing rulers in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.

More than 3,500 people have been killed across the country, according to the United Nations.

Authorities have blamed "terrorist gangs" financed by Arab and Western countries to destabilize Syria for the unrest.

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