“There is no truth in circulated media reports claiming that the Syrian army and Turkish intelligence had thwarted an assassination attempt on President Sharaa during his visit to Daraa,” a ministry source told the state news agency SANA.
SANA, however, did not provide any details about the alleged attempt.
A new transitional administration led by President Sharaa was formed in Syria in January following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad government.
Assad, who ruled Syria for nearly 25 years, fled to Russia in December, ending the Baath Party’s decades-long grip on power that began in 1963.