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Lebanese PM's Trip to Damascus Marks Victory for Assad
(Ynet News) Roee Nahmias - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's meeting with Bashar Assad in Syria on Saturday constitutes a great achievement for the Syrian president, as well as surrender by the head of Lebanon's anti-Syrian camp. Al-Hariri embarked on his political career immediately upon his father's assassination in February 2005, uniting his camp against Damascus. He spoke out against Assad and accused him of "trading in blood." Ever since the assassination, the al-Hariri camp has been expecting the international report on the killing to convict Assad. Yet by now choosing to travel to Damascus, Hariri pledged allegiance to Assad and granted Syria the kosher stamp allowing it to again rule Lebanon.