"The only way to succeed in Syria is to sit down at the table to launch a national dialogue," Zohbi said in an interview with state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
"The opposition must accept the choice of dialogue and... the army, by facing down terrorism, is protecting this dialogue," he said.
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Supressor of the Damascenes...
's regime consistently refers to the armed rebels fighting against his regime as "terrorists".
Syria's main opposition factions have refused to negotiate with the regime as long as Assad remains in power.