Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat received a verbal message from Syrian President Bashar Assad informing him that Damascus has decided to freeze relations with the MP for the time being.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat received a verbal message from Syrian President Bashar Assad informing him that Damascus has decided to freeze relations with the MP for the time being, Naharnet news website reported.

Last week, Assad criticized Jumblat’s statements in which he advised former Prime Minister Saad Hariri to follow his example and refrain from getting involved in developments in Syria, informed sources said.

The website noted that Damascus informed the Druze leader that it doesn’t need “advice not from friends and allies, we know what we should do” regarding the situation in Syria.

Terrorists killed 1,400 people in Syria, including 700 army and security officials, since ant- regime violent protests erupted across the country in mid-March, Assad's media adviser Bouthaina Shaaban said.