Syria’s president has said that he feels no guilt about his crackdown on a 10-month uprising, despite reports of brutality by security forces, according to BBC News.
In an interview with the US network ABC, Bashar al-Assad said he had given no orders for violence to be used against protesters but admitted “mistakes” were made.
He said he did not own the security forces or the country.
At least 4,000 people have been killed since the uprising began, the UN says. However, Mr Assad said the UN was not credible.
Syria blames the violence on “armed criminal gangs”.
Assad’s interview comes a day after the US announced that its ambassador in Syria, Robert Ford, would return to Damascus after he was withdrawn in October because of security concerns.
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