15/08/2011 15:40
Spain offers Assad asylum
Spain announced that it had offered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad political asylum if he relinquishes power in Syria, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported.
Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero sent Secretary General of the Presidency Bernadino Leon to Syria in order to hold meetings with top Syrian officials, the source said.
The envoy told an aide close to Assad that the government in Madrid would be willing to provide Assad asylum if he gives up power and puts an end to the bloody crackdown on Syrian protesters which has claimed the lives of more than 2,000 people.