Peres Offered Golan Heights For Iranian Ties, Says Assad
May 18 2010
Syrian President Bashar Assad says he declined an offer from Israeli President Shimon Peres that would have returned the Golan Heights to Syria in exchange for severed ties with Iran, the Jerusalem Post reports.
According to Assad, Peres also asked Syria to cut contact with the Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist groups, which are widely considered Iranian proxies.
In an interview with the Lebanese As-Safir newspaper, Assad said the Israeli president relayed the message during...
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