Assad Promised Aoun to Pardon 50 Prisoners Convicted on Criminal Charges
Syrian President Bashar Assad has promised Free Patriotic Movement leader Gen. Michel Aoun to pardon 50 Lebanese prisoners facing criminal charges.
The daily Al Hayat on Tuesday quoted sources in the March 8 coalition as saying that Assad promised Aoun to "close this dossier."
The sources said Assad has also vowed to "personally oversee" a legal way out of this dilemma through issuing a presidential amnesty decree for over 50 prisoners serving jail terms in Syria.
The sources, however, did not talk about "political detainees" in Syrian jails.
Al Hayat said Aoun is likely to play a role in providing transportation for the released prisoners from Damascus to Beirut.