Foreign Affairs Ministry of Syria said Monday that the country has chemical or biological weapons, but never would use against its citizens, only against foreign invaders."Any existence (WMD) or any unconventional weapons that the Syrian Arab Republic has never used against civilians or against the Syrian people during this crisis, in any circumstance, no matter how the crisis will develop," told reporters the ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi.
"All these stocks that the Syrian Arab Republic has controlled and policed by the Syrian army. These weapons are intended to be used only and strictly in the case of external aggression against the Syrian Arab Republic," the official said Monday. The remarks came after months of international discussions on whether foreign countries should intervene militarily to help stop the bloodshed in Syria.
Meanwhile, the Arab League offered Syrian President Bashar Assad "safe exit" should quickly resign and leave the country, said a senior Arab League official. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani discussed not an exit plan when he spoke to reporters after the meeting this Sunday, but confirmed that "there is no agreement on the need for sudden resignation" al Assad. "We call on the opposition and the Syrian Army Freedom to form a national unity government," said Sheikh Hamad.
Despite the Arab League proposal, the brutal violence has not ceased. At least 30 people were killed Monday, according to Local Coordination Committees (LCC, for its acronym in English) a Syrian opposition group.
The Arab League would not be the first to offer an outlet for Assad. Tunisia, where Arab uprisings began last year, offered asylum to the president of Syria in February in an attempt to stop the fighting.
If Assad is gone, would read a series of rulers in the region who have succumbed to popular revolts since last year, including former President Hosni Mubarak, Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi, Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen,, who left office under a transfer of power. The Syrian government has long maintained that "armed terrorist groups" cause violence in the country.
This Monday was no record of violence in several Syrian cities, according to opposition activists. At day's end, 111 people died nationwide, including 56 people in and around Damascus and Aleppo three, according to opponents.
"All these stocks that the Syrian Arab Republic has controlled and policed by the Syrian army. These weapons are intended to be used only and strictly in the case of external aggression against the Syrian Arab Republic," the official said Monday. The remarks came after months of international discussions on whether foreign countries should intervene militarily to help stop the bloodshed in Syria.
Meanwhile, the Arab League offered Syrian President Bashar Assad "safe exit" should quickly resign and leave the country, said a senior Arab League official. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani discussed not an exit plan when he spoke to reporters after the meeting this Sunday, but confirmed that "there is no agreement on the need for sudden resignation" al Assad. "We call on the opposition and the Syrian Army Freedom to form a national unity government," said Sheikh Hamad.
Despite the Arab League proposal, the brutal violence has not ceased. At least 30 people were killed Monday, according to Local Coordination Committees (LCC, for its acronym in English) a Syrian opposition group.
The Arab League would not be the first to offer an outlet for Assad. Tunisia, where Arab uprisings began last year, offered asylum to the president of Syria in February in an attempt to stop the fighting.
If Assad is gone, would read a series of rulers in the region who have succumbed to popular revolts since last year, including former President Hosni Mubarak, Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi, Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen,, who left office under a transfer of power. The Syrian government has long maintained that "armed terrorist groups" cause violence in the country.
This Monday was no record of violence in several Syrian cities, according to opposition activists. At day's end, 111 people died nationwide, including 56 people in and around Damascus and Aleppo three, according to opponents.
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