As international pressure
grows for a ceasefire Syrian President Bashar al Assad has promised to retake
the entire country.
The Syrian president said
it might take longer to achieve this but he will take back Syria.
Speaking in the capital
Damascus on Thursday, Mr Assad said he supported peace talks, but that
negotiations do "not mean that we stop fighting terrorism".
The Syrian leader's
comments came after it was revealed a truce has been agreed for a
"nationwide cessation" of violence in a week's time.
However, Islamic State, al
Nusra and other terrorist groups will not be involved - and Russia has said it
will continue its bombing campaign.
Syria's civil war has been
raging since 2011, but the conflict entered a new phase last year when Russia
started providing air support to government forces.
Aided by Russian air power,
regime troops have nearly encircled Aleppo, Syria's second city.
Mr Assad said
his eventual goal was to take back all of Syria, large parts of which are under
control of rebel forces or IS.
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