Morsi to Cut Off Relations with Syria

Egyptian’s Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi announced Saturday he will cut diplomatic ties with the regime of  Bashar Assad and close Cairo’s embassy in Damascus.

He also demanded that Hezbollah leave Syria adding, “There is no business or place for Hezbollah in Syria.”

Morsi spoke at a rally organized by hardline Islamists, whose clerics told approximately 20,000 people that Morsi should assist the rebels trying to bring down Assad.