The Syrian President Mr Bashar al-Assad said in an interview released todaythat Israeli Prime Minister Mr Ariel Sharon was planning a war in the region.
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"Today he is planning an even more extensive war because he cannot cope with a crisis in Israel," Mr Assad told the German weekly magazine
Der Spiegel
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"He came into office promising to smash the Palestinians within a hundred days.
"Mr Sharon and his government aspire to war. They want to push the whole region into conflict," he said.
Mr Assad, 35, a British-educated eye doctor and an army general, took office a year ago following the death of his father President Hafez al-Assad who had ruled Syria with an iron grip for 30 years.