The New York Times reports that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that the situation in Syria “is, practically, better.” The claim is part of a televised interview set to air on a private Syrian television channel on Thursday night. Assad noted that the conflict is a “global and regional war,” and that his government still needed “time” to defeat the opposition forces.
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