Syrian Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam warned that "the approach of aggression in Palestine, the war against Iraq and the threats against Lebanon, Syria and other Arab and Islamic countries will not drown the region in seas of blood, but will instead threaten security.” and stability throughout the world,” Khaddam said in statements he cited. A delegation from the “Gathering of Popular Committees and Leagues” met him the day before yesterday at his home in Damascus: “The siege and ongoing aggression on Palestinian land that we are witnessing today testifies to two trends:
First, it speaks to the aggressiveness of Zionist intentions and the depth of the predicament that entity finds itself in, as its leaders find no way to please their citizens except by excessively killing Palestinians, besieging, demolishing their houses, and destroying their property. Secondly, it is a testimony to the greatness of the Palestinian people, their heroism, their sacrifices and their continued capacity to renew their uprising and resistance despite the worst forms of terrorism, oppression and abuse to which they are subjected. confronted, and the depth of its adherence to their national unity and their rejection of all Zionist and American attempts to interfere in their internal affairs.
Khaddam stressed that “there is no path to security and stability in the region without adherence to the just and comprehensive peace strategy based on international legitimacy resolutions.” He warned against "the frantic attempts behind which the Zionist circles stationed in the American decision-making centers are trying to launch a new war against Iraq which would place the entire region in an atmosphere of major dangers which would cost the lives of millions of brother countries. Iraqi people and places the entire region facing major dangers that are pushing it into the unknown.”
