Russian FM: Assad 'Completely Committed' to Ending the Violence

Following his meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the embattled leader is willing to accept an expanded Arab League mission to Syria and is "completely committed" to ending the violence that has thrown his country into tumult.

"The president of Syria assured us he was completely committed to the task of stopping violence regardless of where it may come from," Interfax quoted Lavrov as saying.