Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says that his country faces regional and international battle, stressing that the Syrian forces were advancing.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says that his country faces regional and international battle, stressing that the Syrian forces were advancing.

“We are engaged in regional and international battle and there should be time in order to end it,” President Assad to the Syrian TV ad-Dounia.

“We are advancing and the condition is better than before. However the battle has not ended yet,” he added.

The President wondered: “Do we go backward because of the unawareness of the Turkish officials”?

As he slammed the Turkish government, President Assad praised the Turkish people, saying “they have supported us during the crisis and was not affected by propaganda and money which was spent.”