Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad said he welcomed peace talks to solve the civil war in his country, but also vowed to retake the entire country from “terrorists” - the term he uses to describe all opposition groups trying to remove him from power.
Speaking to AFP hours before a new ceasefire plan was announced overnight Thursday by world powers in Munich, Assad said he backed the talks but added that negotiations do "not mean that we stop fighting terrorism".
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