The Syrian leader assails what he calls a 'foreign war with internal tools' and offers no new initiatives to revive the U.N. peace plan.AMMAN, Jordan — A defiant Syrian President Bashar Assad offered no new initiatives Sunday to revive a faltering United Nations peace plan but instead assailed a "foreign conspiracy" stoking violence and denied his government had a role in "monstrous massacres" across the nation.
Syria President Bashar Assad Denies Role In Massacres
By Rima Marrouch and Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times
Mon, 06/04/2012 - 12:00am
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