Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics, raising new doubts about a US-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war.
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Syria's Bashar Assad says he won't step down before election
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Syrians continue protests despite crackdown
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Syria could descend into civil war:
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Obama asks Syrian government to stop repressing citizens
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Syria's Assad unveils new government
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Syria awaits explanation from US over raid
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Syria says against foreign intervention in Libya
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Will Bashar al-Assad survive Syrian war?
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Syria supports deal
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Russia, Arab League offer to broker talks between Syrian government and opposition
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Russia will not support use of force on Syria:
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Obama refuses to specify US aid to Syrian rebels
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'Interference from us won't help' Syria
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Assad is in Damascus:
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Assad promises Annan to back any 'honest' peace bid
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Assad will use chemical weapons:
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Israel will not ``stand idle'' over Syria