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LONDON, Feb. 7 (JTA) — The heir apparent to Syrian President Hafez Assad said Syria would not loosen its control of Lebanon and denied that Damascus was using its support of the Islamic fundamentalist Hezbollah as a bargaining chip to pressure Israel. In his first media interview, Bashar Assad also echoed his father’s line when […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315