Assad says confident of winning Syria war

President Bashar al-Assad said he is confident his troops will win the conflict ravaging Syria, as new calls were made today for the International Criminal Court to launch a probe into war crimes.

Assad’s comments, published in Lebanon’s pro-Damascus newspaper As-Safir, came as his forces were fighting pitched battles with rebels in a string of flashpoint towns and cities, and for control of strategic airports in northern Syria.

–Agencies