MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Assad added that he had a positive attitude toward the rapprochement.
"The only Syria's hope is that Russia would be able to change Turkish policy [in regard to Syria] through this new rapprochement between Turkey and Russia," Assad told Russia's Komsomolskaya Pravda daily.
Ankara and Moscow ended seven months of strained relations in late June when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, apologizing for the November incident and extending his condolences to the family of the pilot killed in the incident.
