SYRIAN Vice President Faruq
al-Sharaa says neither his government nor the rebels fighting to
overthrow it can win a decisive victory in the 21-month conflict.
His comments came as the regime launched air strikes for the first
time against a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, drawing
condemnation from both Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and the Hamas
rulers of Gaza.
"No opposition can end the battle militarily, just
as the security forces and army cannot achieve a decisive conclusion,"
Sharaa told the pro-Damascus Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar on Sunday.
"Every
day that passes, we are moving further away from a military or
political solution, " said Shara, who is the most prominent Sunni Muslim
in the Alawite minority-dominated regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
"We must position ourselves to defend Syria's existence. We are not in a battle for an individual or a regime.
"The various opposition forces, whether armed or civilian, or linked
to foreign powers, cannot claim they are the sole legitimate
representatives of the Syrian people," he added, referring to the
decision of Arab and Western governments last week to recognise the
armed opposition.
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