Lebanese Druze leader makes Syrian overture
Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said a televised interview on Saturday comments he made about Syria's president Bashar al-Assad in 2007 had been "inappropriate" and "came at a moment of anger".
The remarks by Jumblatt, once one of Syria's fiercest critics, came amid reports of an expected visit by him to Damascus for talks with al-Assad. "In a moment of anger I said inappropriate and illogical comments against him (Assad). Can Syria overcome this page and open a new page? I don't know," ho told al-Jazeera television.(Reuters)
