Syria's Assad says war's 'worst is behind us'

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has said the worst of his country's six-year war "is behind us" after a string of advances by his forces backed by key ally Russia.In recent months, Assad's troops and allied fighters have retaken territory across the country, including recapturing all of Aleppo city in December after years of fighting."Things now are moving in the right direction, which is a better direction, because we are defeating the terrorists," he said in an interview in Damascus with the