(AP/Newsday) Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said Wednesday that Syria's president risks isolation if he does not make a commitment to ending support for terrorist groups. Syria is "kind of high up in my pantheon of supporters for terrorism," Armitage said. Meanwhile, State Department spokesman Adam Ereli sharply criticized Syria for cracking down on dissent in Lebanon and in Syria. "We have made our concerns known, and we reiterate our call upon the government of Syria to stop suppressing nonviolent political expression in Syria and Lebanon," he said.
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