Assad says confident of winning Syria war
- Published: 18 Feb 2013 at 20.44
- Online news: World
President Bashar al-Assad said he is confident his troops will win the conflict ravaging Syria, as new calls were made on Monday for the International Criminal Court to launch a probe into war crimes.
Syrian opposition fighters clash with regime forces in the eastern city of Deiz Ezzor on February 16, 2013. President Bashar al-Assad said he is confident his troops will win the conflict ravaging Syria, as new calls were made for the International Criminal Court to launch a probe into war crimes.
Assad's comments, published in Lebanon's pro-Damascus newspaper As-Safir, came as the European Union renewed sanctions against Syria while amending them to enable nations to provide more "non-lethal" and technical support to help protect civilians.
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