[Jerusalem Post ] Syria will not give up its ties with Hizbullah and Hamas, Syrian minister Buthaina Sha'aban, a close ally of President Bashar Assad, said Monday. "The Israeli demand that Syria shake off Hizbullah and Hamas as a condition for peace negotiations is like a demand that the U.S. shake off its ties with Israel," Sha'aban said during a visit to India. Sha'aban also said that Syria would "never give up on a centimeter" of the Golan Heights.
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