“The start of the historic American retreat,” Syria’s state-run newspaper declared on its front page Sunday.
President Obama's about-face Friday to seek Congressional approval for a military strike on Syria for its purported use of chemical weapons drew strong reactions from the war-torn nation.
President Obama speaks about Syria with Vice President Biden in the White House Rose Garden on Aug. 31.
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Syria’s government called it “the start of the historic American retreat,” and said Obama hesitated because of a “sense of implicit defeat and the disappearance of his allies."
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
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"Whether the Congress lights the red or green light for an aggression, and whether the prospects of war have been enhanced or faded, President Obama has announced yesterday, by prevaricating or hinting, the start of the historic American retreat," Syria's Al-Thawra newspaper said.
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said, "The American threats of launching an attack against Syria will not discourage Syria away from its principles."
A protester loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during a demonstration in Sanaa Aug. 30, 2013.
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