The United States welcomed reports that Syria has asked radical Palestinian groups based there to halt their armed struggle against Israel. “It would be welcome” to have those “organizations that have been the enemies of peace become supporters of peace,” State Department spokesman James Rubin said Monday. It is not clear if the reports are true, given a series of conflicting statements from radical Palestinian leaders in Damascus on Monday.
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