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Summary Assad has warned that any Western intervention would cause an earthquake inflaming the region.
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad warned of “another Afghanistan” if foreign forces intervened in his country as they had with the Libyan uprising that toppled Moamer Kadhafi.“Syria is the hub now in this region,” the paper quoted Assad as telling one of its journalists in Damascus. “It is the fault line, and if you play with the ground you will cause an earthquake -- do you want to see another Afghanistan, or tens of Afghanistans?“Any problem in Syria will burn the whole region. If the plan is to divide Syria, that is to divide the whole region.”Assad’s comments came as an Arab League team was due to hold talks with top Syrian officials later on Sunday, bolstered by strong support for the blocs mediation efforts from China, one of two governments with Russia which earlier this month vetoed UN Security Council action against Syria.The Arab ministerial delegation led by Qatar aimed in the Doha talks to try to reach “serious results and an exit to the Syrian crisis,” a statement said.In talks in Damascus last week, the Arab ministers warned Assad to stop the bloodshed and start meaningful reforms or face an international intervention, the Kuwaiti daily Al-Qabas reported on Sunday.
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