Syrian President Hafez Assad’s son and heir apparent met with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and vowed to pursue Assad’s policies toward Israel. Every Syrian “is committed to continue in the same way that President Assad was following,” Bashar Assad said after a 10-minute meeting with Albright.
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