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MOSCOW, Aug 6 (Reuters) - A Twitter account that carried a message on Monday suggesting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have been killed was a "hoax", the account's most recent update said.
The earlier message, purporting to be on a Russian interior ministry account, had attributed the reports to Russia's ambassador in Damascus. Both the embassy and the Interior Ministry denied making any comments on Assad's condition.
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