Damascus, Oct 09: Syrian President Bashar Assad hit out at what he called the "war government" of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in a meeting here today with UN Middle East coordinator Terje Roed-Larsen. "The Sharon government is a war government which cannot survive without starting wars," Syria’s official news agency quoted Assad as saying.
The Syrian President and Roed-Larsen held talks focused on Israel's air strike last Sunday on what the Jewish state described as a Palestinian training camp near Damascus, a claim denied by Syria.
According to the news agency report, the UN envoy voiced "extreme disappointment" over the raid, the first Israeli military operation so deep inside its northern neighbour since 1973. UN chief Kofi Annan was pleased that Syria responded by taking the matter to the Security Council, he reportedly told Assad. Bureau Report