Defiant Assad blames Syria unrest on foreign forces

Defiant Assad blames Syria unrest on foreign forces

Embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday he would not resign from his post and reiterated that a foreign conspiracy was behind the bloody unrest in the country.

In his fourth public address since mass national protests against his rule erupted last March, Assad once again said that he still has the support of the Syrian people and would leave office "only by the will of the people."

The Syrian leader, who has ruled the country for almost a decade, said foreign forces were orchestrating protests in Syria but so far have failed to achieve their goals.

The outside forces "did not find a foothold in the revolution that they had hoped for," Al Jazeera quoted him as saying.

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