Syria's Assad says war still not won but West's plots foiled

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday that while his country had foiled Western designs to topple him, his army had not won Syria's war and the fight was continuing to crush a six-year old insurgency.In an televised address, Assad said that even though there were signs of victory after six-and-a-half years of civil war, the "battle continues, and where we go later and it becomes possible to talk about victory...that's a different matter"."Their direct support - politically, economicall