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pampango

(24,692 posts)
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:51 PM Aug 2012

BBC: Assad 'needs time to win battle' (18 months is apparently not enough time)

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the government needs more time to "win the battle" against rebel forces.

In an interview with pro-government al-Dunya TV, Mr Assad also dismissed as "unrealistic" the idea of creating humanitarian buffer zones within Syria.

Meanwhile violence has continues in key areas, with shelling reported in the capital, Damascus, Aleppo, and the north-western province of Idlib.

James Robbins reports.

(video report)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19416409

Assad's militarized repression of protests has led to civil war. Now he is finding that it is not as easy to win as he might have imagined.

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