CAIRO — A day after his cabinet resigned, President Bashar al-Assad appeared before Syria’s Parliament on Wednesday to deliver a major speech that could help determine his destiny as he seeks to to address protests against his authoritarian rule. Agence France-Presse — Getty Images An image taken from Syrian television shows President Bashar al-Assad addressing the Parliament in Damascus on Wednesday. To applause and cries of support, Mr. Assad spoke of “the plots that are being hatched against our country” and said they represented a “test of our unity.” “We are for reform and we are for meeting the people’s demands,” Mr. Assad said….
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