Assad Insists He Will Not Step Down -- Al Jazeera
In an interview, Syrian leader blames crisis on foreign intervention and warns against fractious opposition.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he will not resign before elections in 2014 and warned against the opposition, in an interview with an Argentine newspaper.
Assad also said that he blames foreign intervention for the crisis, and he cautiously welcomed a proposed international peace conference launched by the US and Russia.
Assad spoke to Clarin and the Argentine state news agency Telam in the frank and lengthy interview in Damascus, released on Saturday, in which he also denied that his government has used chemical weapons against the civilian population.
His comments come amid a rare joint push by the US and Russia to convene the peace conference in Geneva.
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My Comment: US General Dempsey is correct .... Russian military support is only 'emboldening' Assad .... and it shows in the above video.
Update: Russian military aid to Syria: Burning questions and answers -- Haaretz
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