URGENT - Assad-Chavez

Published On: Mar 06 2013 01:53:02 PM EST

(CNN) -- Syria's president sent his condolences to Venezuela's vice president over the death of President Hugo Chavez. Bashar al-Assad said Chavez "embodied a legendary struggle in the face of USA attempts and those who support it to dominate ,,, peoples and states," Syria's state news agency said Wednesday.

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