I told you so: Syria, Olso and the al-Aqsa intifada.

From: Middle East Policy | Date: September 22, 2003| Author: Hemmer, Christopher | Copyright information

Approximately one month into the outbreak of the al-Aqsa intifada, Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa was asked whether the Syrian government was acting in coordination with the Palestinian leadership. In response, Sharaa stressed that Syria stands fully behind "the Palestinian people and their cause," but not necessarily with the Palestinian leadership. Coordination with that leadership would be useful, Sharaa maintained, only if Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority f...

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