A handout picture dated February 8, 2015, and released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on February 10, 2015 shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) giving an interview to the BBC’s Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen in Damascus. Assad said in an interview published on Tuesday, that Damascus receives “information” about air strikes by the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group in Syria. AFP PHOTO/HO/SANA
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