Mursi Announces Cut of Ties with Syria instead of Zionist Entity

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Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said he had cut all diplomatic ties with Damascus on Saturday and called for a no-fly zone over Syria.

Addressing a rally in Cairo, Mursi said: "We decided today to entirely break off relations with Syria and with the current Syrian regime."
Neglecting all calls for cutting ties with the Zionist entity, Mursi replaced "Israel" with Syria.
Mursi, who faces growing discontent at home over the economy, said he was organizing an urgent summit of Arab and other Islamic states to discuss the situation in Syria.

In response, Syrian Information Minister, Omran al-Zoubi said that the exaggeration over the past few days and talk about the use of chemical weapons, severing ties and the Union of Muslim Scholars are all aimed to strike fear in the hearts of Syrians.
''All of these are part of one scene that comes in the framework of distributing roles, which won't frighten or terrorize use, nor will it change our course in combating terrorists and backing resistance,'' al-Zoubi said.

He further confirmed that ''Syria won't become part of the US and Zionist schemes like Saudi Arabia and Qatar.''

Al-Zoubi said that "the clamor that has been rising since victory was achieved in Qusair means that the servants of the Zionist scheme realized that they are on the verge of collapse, and that the Syrian army and people are resolved to triumph, which has become a fait accompli."

Moreover, the Syrian minister hoped that the 'leader of the Muslim Brotherhood' in Egypt-referring to the Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi-had announced a closure of the "Israeli" embassy in Egypt, not a severing of ties with Syria and closing the Syrian embassy in Cairo.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team