…Syrian President Bashar Assad denied such [Hariri assasination] accusations Sunday, warning that imposing any sanctions on Syria for not cooperating would destabilize the region
“The Middle East is the heart of the world, and Syria is the heart of the Middle East,” Assad said in an interview broadcast by Russia’s Rossiya state television on Sunday.
“If the situation in Syria and Iraq isn’t good, the whole region will become unstable, and the entire world will pay for that,” he added as he once more declared Syria’s innocence in the murder, and the politicization of the UN probe.