NEWSMAX: Syrian President Bashar Assad is sounding out allies for possible havens if he flees his disintegrating country – chief among them, Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, according to a report by Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Chavez makes sense for several reasons. First, he had close ties to Iran, Syria’s chief ally in the war that has killed tens of thousands of people over the last year.
The Israeli paper reports of a series of meetings by Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdal in Cuba, Venezuela and Ecuador that may indicate preliminary discussions for Assad’s exit. The Syrian representative reportedly handed classified personal letters from Assad to the countries’ leaders, CNN also reported. … (more)
