DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syria's ties with the US and France nosedived on Tuesday, four months into a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, after pro-regime crowds attacked the embassies of the two Western states.
A regime-backed "national dialogue" on reforms, meanwhile, wrapped up a three-day meeting in Damascus with calls for the release of all political detainees.
Syria accused US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of "incitement" after she maintained Assad had lost legitimacy and the right to remain in power.
"Syria vigorously condemns the remarks of the US secretary of state that amount to further proof of the flagrant interference of the United States in the internal affairs of Syria," said its foreign ministry.
"These remarks are an act of incitement aimed at continuing the internal crisis and for objectives which do not serve the interests of the Syrian people or their legitimate ambitions."
Clinton's comments came after mobs besieged the US and French embassies on Monday.
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