Oct 22 Regional

الرئيس الأسد يعزي خادم الحرمين الشريفين بوفاة ولي العهد
President al-Assad sends cable of condolence to King Abdullah on death of Crown Prince Sultan
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/10/22/377052.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/10/22/377056.htm
Oct 22, 2011

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Ahmadinejad slams NATO, denounces U.S. pressure in Middle East
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/21/world/meast/iran-ahmadinejad-interview/
By the CNN Wire Staff
October 22, 2011 -- Updated 1116 GMT (1916 HKT)

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Ahmadinejad also took aim at the United States, saying the country is "hated" in the Middle East and should keep out of regional affairs, such as in Syria. . .

"We should respect independence and sovereignty of all nations everywhere in the world," he said. "We condemn killings and massacre. ... Justice dictates that nobody should kill the other. Nobody has the right to kill others -- neither the government nor the opponents. ... We are going to make greater efforts to encourage both the government of Syria and the other side and all parties to reach an understanding. There should be no interference from outside."

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Syrian gov't 'won't survive'
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=syrian-gov8217t-8216won8217t-survive8217-2011-10-21
Friday, October 21, 2011
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News

Turkey's efforts at a peaceful transition process in Syria will continue despite the current crackdown as recent events have proven that a people cannot be oppressed indefinitely, Turkey's foreign minister has said.

"Developments in the region have displayed that regimes that oppress their people cannot survive," Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said in a joint press conference on Oct. 21 with his Iranian counterpart, Ali Akbar Salihi.

Davutoğlu also indirectly called on Syria to meet its people's demands in the same regard.

"However, the Syrian regime rather prefers oppression. We will continue to work for the appearance of a democratic transition process in Syria," Davutoğlu said.

Turkey will continue talking to friendly countries in the region, as well as to international organizations such as the Arab League, Davutoğlu added.

Salihi said administrations in the region should find better ways to respond to the demands of their people and added that states should respond positively to people's demands.

"Reforms should be accelerated," Salihi said without mentioning Syria and added that other countries "should not intervene into those problems."

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"هآرتس" : سوريا رفضت المال مقابل كوهين
"Haaretz" Syria rejected the money in return for Cohen
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=78ade0ef872513ec71f8c82a4a68148c&ar=191230651
Saturday - October 22 - 2011 - 9:23:29

The newspaper "Haaretz" of Israel on Friday, diplomatic sources, Syria has rejected Zionism that a large sum of money from Israel in exchange for release of spy Eli Cohen before his execution in 1965.

The paper on the tongue of the source to the Prime Minister of the former entity offered to Damascus and a European mediator-brokered $ 53 million (370 million dollars worth today) in exchange for ceding Cohen.

Appropriated Cohen, a Syrian immigrant personal return from Argentina named Secretary of the entire firm and able thanks to the recommendation of senior Syrian businessmen known to them in Buenos Aires, weaving a network of relationships with top decision-making in Syria earned him secrets for three years. But the Syrian leadership has rejected the offer and insisted on his trial and his execution on 18 May 1965 in Marja Square in central Damascus.