Assad Claims Syrian Forces Gaining Ground -- Al Jazeera
In television interview, president says battle is "progressing" and talk of buffer zones is "not on the table".
The Syrian government's battle to put down the mass uprising that began last year is moving forward, and the situation has become "better," President Bashar al-Assad said in a television interview to be broadcast on Wednesday.
In brief excerpts aired by the privately owned but pro-government Al Dounia channel, Assad disparaged the idea of foreign countries creating buffer zones in Syrian territory and said that citizens who have fled the country and officials who have defected are helping "cleanse" Syria.
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