"The war is not over. We are still in the midst of it," Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an exclusive interview with CMG's Zou Yun during his visit to China. He believes that the Syrian people will certainly be able to rebuild their country when the war stops and the sanctions end. However, "foreign forces are indeed a big obstacle. If we can do away with all foreign interference, all the problems of Syria would be solved within months, not years," he said.