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Summary Syrian TV described Hamas' leader Khaled Mashaal as ungrateful and traitorous.
Syrias state-run media have criticized the leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas once a staunch ally of the Damascus regime for turning his back on President Bashar Assad.Mashaal used to be based in Damascus but now spends most of his time in Qatar, which backs Syrian rebels battling Assads troops.Relations between Assads regime and Hamas have been disintegrating over since Syrias uprising erupted over 18 months ago. Hamas at first took a neutral stance, but then in February, the group praised Syrians for moving toward democracy and reform.Most Hamas leaders have since left Syria to settle in Egypt, where their allies in the Muslim Brotherhood are in power.
