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Syria rejects offer of safe passage for Assad family amid chemical weapons threats

Jul 24, 2012

The Syrian regime yesterday dismissed as "flagrant interventionism" an Arab League offer to provide a safe exit for President Bashar al-Assad and his family if he steps aside, while admitting for the first time that it possesses weapons of mass destruction.Related StoriesNow Syria raises the spectre of chemical weaponsMilitants kill 107 on deadliest day in Iraq since US withdrawalEgyptian entry rules eased for PalestiniansSyria rejects offer... full story

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