WASHINGTON: US Vice President Joe Biden has met the prime minister of
crucial Gulf ally Qatar at the White House, and discussed the deepening
violence in Syria, officials said.National Security Advisor Tom Donilon
also joined the meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim
Al-Thani, which also touched on key regional issues amid maritime
tensions between the United States and Iran.'In particular, they
condemned the ongoing violence in Syria perpetrated by the Assad regime
and noted the significance of the Arab League observer mission s final
report due on January 19,' a White House statement said.'The Vice
President and Mr. Donilon also reaffirmed the longstanding commitment of
the United States to the security of our partners and allies, and
agreed with the Prime Minister on the need to maintain stability in the
region.'Earlier, President Bashar al-Assad vowed to defeat a
'conspiracy' against Syria, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
branded a rare speech he delivered the day before as 'chillingly
clinical.'And the Assad regime s deadly 10-month crackdown on dissent
showed no signs of abating, with a rocket attack killing at least seven
people in the flashpoint central city of Homs, including a French
reporter and six Syrians. (AFP)
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