Syria’s president cast doubt on Israel’s ability to enter peace talks with his country. Bashar Assad said in a BBC interview broadcast late Monday that while he saw the aftermath of the Lebanon war as an opportunity for peace talks with Israel, “that doesn’t mean you have the environment to achieve it.”
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