Assad Says Syria Crisis Will Be Resolved on the Battlefield -- Bloomberg
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad said the nation’s two-year civil war that has claimed more than 100,000 lives will end only on the battlefield.
“All routes have been tried and there is only one option left, which is to defend ourselves and our country with our own hands, and in this case everybody looks naturally to the armed forces,” Assad said yesterday at a banquet with social and political figures, according to official news agency Sana.
“It will be decided on the field,” Assad said. While a “parallel political course” is possible, the government won’t see any negotiations as “justification to stop combating terrorism.” Assad’s government has dismissed the opposition as led by Islamic militants, while the rebels say they’re fighting to oust a dictator.
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