BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's former foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday he left the country last year because there was no middle ground left in Syria's brutal conflict, but he denied reports that he fled to the United States or Europe.
Jihad Makdissi, who for many months was the international face of President Bashar al-Assad's government, left Syria in late November. Diplomats in the Middle East said he had defected but did not say where he had gone.
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