Syria: Assad Open to 'Any Political Solution' to Civil War

Laham noted that Syria's sovereignty and independence should be maintained by the Syrian government, emphasizing that foreign states do not have the right to interfere in Syria's affairs and "support the opposition with arms and through media and financing, because this would be a violation of the global law and the national laws".

And after that the elections...parliamentary or presidential elections.

France is part of the anti-Islamic State coalition, and has participated alongside the USA and other countries in bombing ISIS positions in Syria and Iraq, but has also supported anti-Assad elements in the Syrian Civil War.

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold talks on the Syrian conflict and the refugee crisis in Paris Tuesday, officials said.

The Syrian state news agency SANA reported the delegation met with Assad, who received the delegation but according to SANA also accused the French of supporting terrorism.

They said that as Parliament members, they will spare no effort to change their country's current policies regarding Syria in a manner that would contribute to alleviating the suffering of the Syrian people. His comments came during talks with a Russian parliamentary delegation visiting Damascus just days after Assad went to Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin.

Since the beginning of the foreign-backed crisis in Syria in March 2011, an assortment of militant groups, including the Daesh Takfiri terrorists and the US-backed Free Syrian Army, have been formed in the country with the ultimate goal of overthrowing the Syrian government.

More than 250,000 people have been killed so far in Syria due to the violence perpetrated by the terrorists.