Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Maqdad: We have already won

February 5, 2013 (TSR) – As both sides in Syria’s bloody civil war claimed advances, one high-ranking member of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime expressed confidence in ultimate victory, CNN reported.

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Maqdad, in an interview Wednesday, said the battle is going very well for the regime.

“We are winning. We have already won,” al-Maqdad told CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen. “You are in Damascus, you are aware of what is happening around Damascus. (The rebels) threatened to have Damascus more than one year ago, and they are not there. We are still here.”

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Maqdad: We have already won
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Maqdad: We have already won

A suicide attack at a regime military facility left at least 20 soldiers dead this week in Homs, and just last week government forces were using artillery and planes against rebels in the capital’s southern suburbs.

The opposition activist organization Local Coordination Committees of Syria said 136 people were killed in war-related violence across Syria on Tuesday, including 47 in Damascus and its suburbs, and 32 in Aleppo. CNN cannot independently verify those figures. As usual.

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