Assad tells Syrians recent unrest the result of external plots
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Originally Posted by BBC
President Bashar al-Assad has told parliament Syria will defeat those behind a "plot" against his country.
"Syria is a target of a big plot from outside," he said in his first speech since anti-government demonstrations erupted two weeks ago.
Mr Assad said he would continue on the path of reform for Syria - but did not announce the lifting of a state of emergency, as some had predicted.
More than 60 people have been killed in protests in the southern city of Deraa.
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I guess the regime feels comfortably knowing Western powers aren't about to intervene in a country which only ranks
33rd in the world in proven oil reserves. Libya's reserves are nearly twenty times Syria's.