syria ambassador resignation a hoax
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Syria ambassador resignation a hoax

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Paris - AFP

Syria's ambassador to France denied Wednesday she was resigning in protest at her government's crackdown on dissent, saying a broadcast of the announcement by a woman claiming to be her was a hoax. Lamia Shakkur appeared on France's BFM television to set the record straight after another channel, France 24, broadcast a telephone interview with a woman posing as her who said she was quitting in protest at the "cycle of violence". "I accuse France 24 of identity fraud," Shakkur said, appearing on BFM on Wednesday in the Syrian embassy in Paris, in front of a Syrian flag and a portrait of its President Bashar al Asad. "I will bring a complaint to convict France 24 for these acts of misinformation, which are part of a campaign of false information against Syria since March 2011," she added. The woman who spoke on France 24 on Tuesday said she had offered her resignation to Asad because "I cannot support the cycle of violence." "I recognize the legitimacy of the people's demands for more democracy and freedom," she added. France 24 raised the alert over a suspected hoax hours after broadcasting the comments. "We do not rule out a manipulation or a provocation," it said in a statement. "If that is the case, we will sue any persons, organizations or official agencies that may be behind it." More than 1,100 civilians, including dozens of children, have been killed in a security crackdown against anti-government protests that erupted in Syria in March. Western powers are putting together a draft UN Security Council resolution condemning the crackdown.  

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