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Syria, Russia confront West’s attempts to establish hegemony over Middle East - Assad

Syria’s President addressed a meeting of diplomatic personnel at Syria’s Foreign Ministry

MOSCOW, August 20. /TASS/. The West is "trying to establish hegemony" over the Middle East, and Syria jointly with Russia "confront those attempts," Syria’s President Bashar Assad said on Sunday.

He addressed a meeting of diplomatic personnel at Syria’s Foreign Ministry, the Suriya television channel said.

"Syria’s position to protect the national sovereignty was the reason of the war unleashed against it," the president said.