Assad attacks 'puppet' rebels
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad rejected the opposition movement in Syria as "enemies of the people, the enemies of God" and branded them "puppets" created by the West, in a rare public address in Damascus.
Hague: Assad's 'empty promises of reform fool no one'
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