Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is shown during a visit to Moscow on January 25, 2005.
Syrian President Vows To 'Live And Die' In Syria, Warns Against Foreign Invasion -- CNN
(CNN) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insists he will "live and die" in Syria, even as countries offer him safe passage in exchange for halting a gruesome civil war.
"I'm not a puppet, and I was not made by the West to go to the West or to any other country," he told Russia Today TV. "I am Syrian. I was made in Syria and to live and die in Syria."
He also made an ominous threat against foreign intervention, saying it would have a "domino impact" on the world.
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