Lebanese Marada Movement leader Suleiman Franjieh denied over the weekend media reports that there was an assassination attempt against Syrian President Bashar Assad

Lebanese Marada Movement leader Suleiman Franjieh denied over the weekend media reports that there was an assassination attempt against Syrian President Bashar Assad.

“Assad is in excellent health,” Franjieh said on the Marada Movement website Saturday.

According to the website, Franjieh’s comments came after he contacted the Syrian leader and discussed reports “surrounding President Assad and that there had been an assassination attempt.”

“What some media agencies and online sites are reporting about an attempted assassination are rumors,” Franjieh told the website.