BEIRUT - A Damascus official says the cease-fire in Syria can succeed if Turkey and Saudi Arabia cease interfering and halt their support for militants.
Ahmad Mounir, Syria's deputy minister of national reconciliation, told a group of international reporters on a trip organized by Russian foreign and defense ministries on Thursday that a peaceful settlement for his country would also curb the flow to refugees to Europe.
If there is no peace, Mounir says the "terror threat to Europe will increase."