Assad: Syria sympathizes with families of Paris victims
Syrian President Bashar Assad says his country is against the killing of civilians anywhere in the world and sympathizes with the families of victims of last week's terrorist attack in France.
In an interview with Czech publication Literarni Noviny, he also calls on Western politicians to reconsider their backing of Syrian rebels and opposition.
He says Western politicians were "short-sighted" and France's attacks proved that "what we said was true."
