Egypt, U.S. Call On Syria To Close Hamas Offices
Matthew Borghese - All Headline News Staff Writer Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The United States is calling on Syria to close the offices of Hamas, a group many consider a terror organization, which has been accused of facilitating the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier, which has led to a major military incursion into the Gaza strip. According to reports, Egypt's President Mubarak has demanded Hamas be expelled from Syria, and Deputy Spokesman for the U.S. Department of State, Adam Ereli, says Syrian support for Hamas "needs to end." Ereli says, "I think that we all recognize that Syrian support for Hamas, both by having a Hamas office in Damascus and both material and diplomatic and other forms of support, is support for terror and is wrong and needs to end. We've made that clear for some time." "We've told the Syrians that it's important that they shut down the offices of Hamas and they shut down the offices of those who support terror. To the extent that the Egyptians are saying the same thing, I think it shows a unanimity of views."
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