Before Today's U.S. Missile Strikes Syrian President Assad Tells Paper He Sees No 'Option Except Victory' in Syria

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Croatian newspaper Vecernji List in Damascus, Syria, in this handout picture provided by SANA on April 6, 2017. SANA/Handout via REUTERS

Reuters: Assad tells paper he sees no 'option except victory' in Syria

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said there is no "option except victory" in the country's civil war in an

interview published on Thursday, saying the government could not reach "results" with opposition groups that attended recent peace talks.

The interview with Croatian newspaper Vecernji List appeared to have been conducted before U.S. President Donald Trump accused Assad of crossing "many, many lines" with a poison gas attack on Tuesday.

Assad was not asked about the chemical attack in the northwestern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun, a text of the interview published by the Syrian state news agency SANA showed. The government has strongly denied any role.

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WNU Editor: It is not going to be easy for him now.