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  Damascus slams French support for buffer zone in Syria

  World | Oct 09, 2014, 07:34 AM IST

  Damascus: Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad slammed on Wednesday France's support to the idea of setting up a buffer zone between Turkey and Syria, media reported.Mekdad condemned in the strongest possible terms the stance

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  Syria to respond to any aggression: Minister

  World | Aug 27, 2013, 07:39 AM IST

  Damascus: Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has said that his country would respond to any attack in case of foreign intervention.Mekdad made the remarks during an interview with Western media, whose excerpts were published