Feb. 10, 2015: file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures during an interview with the BBC, in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/SANA, File)
Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview Sunday that he’s “open” to negotiations with the United States and that airstrikes conducted by the U.S. in the region are not defeating Islamic State.
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