The heir apparent to Syrian President Hafez Assad said Syrian support of anti- Israeli forces in Lebanon is a “national expression of resistance” to the “usurpation of Lebanese land.” Bashar Assad, the 34-year-old son of the Syrian president, also criticized the peace deals signed with Israel by Egypt and Jordan as having “weakened the Arab negotiating position.”
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