The Syrian president has accused Western governments of double standards over their concern for civilians caught up in the country's conflict.
Bashar al-Assad was speaking to a Russian television station for the first time since government forces reportedly took control of rebel-held parts of eastern Aleppo.
Air strikes and fighting on the ground have resumed despite a ceasefire declared by Turkey and Russia to allow the evacuation of fighters and civilians from the city's east.
Bashar Al-Assad says some western governments appear to care more about some civilians than others:
"If we liberate Aleppo from the terrorists the Western officials and the mainstream media they are going to be worried about the civilians. They are not worried when the opposite happens, when the terrorists are killing those civilians or attack Palmyra and destroying the human heritage, and not only the Syrian heritage."
