Assad just made a promise that effectively turns John Kerry's new plan for Syria on its head

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the AFP on Friday that he vows to regain control over the entire country, even if it takes "a long time."

"It makes no sense for us to say that we will give up any part" of Syria, he said.

Assad spoke to AFP from Damascus one day after major world powers took part in a meeting of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) in Munich and agreed to implement a "cessation of hostilities" in Syria.

By neutralizing the armed nationalist opposition, Hof noted, Assad and his allies "create for the West - [and] for Washington in particular - the horror of a binary choice between Bashar the Barrel Bomber and Baghdadi the False Caliph."

Indeed, Assad told AFP that if the regime attends negotiations, "it does not mean that we stop fighting terrorism. The two tracks are inevitable in Syria."

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