In an interview with a Russian television channel, Syrian President Bashir Assad vowed to live and die in Syria, even as a 19-month old uprising against him rages. NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin reports.
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Why not choose life, if he dies he will answer for the innocent souls he has taken in this senseless war.