Hamas denies halting political, media activity in Syria

The Jordanian weekly al-Majd reported Monday that high leading sources in the Hamas movement have denied press reports which claimed that Syria has recently asked the movement's leadership in Damascus to halt its political and media activities on the Syrian arena.

The sources said that the activity of the Hamas movement in Syria is till continuous as before without any change, in contrary to the rumors launched by suspected sides that try to "damage Syria and its declared national and historical role in supporting the cause of Palestine and the struggle mounted by the Palestinian people."

The same sources stressed that the chairman of the political bureau of the Hamas movement, Khaled Mashaal, has not been harassed by the Syrian side and he never thinks of giving up his position and responsibilities in Hamas in order to return back to Jordan.