Syria's Assad says he is ready for truce if "terrorists" do **t exploit it

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(Adds comments on Turkey and Saudi) BEIRUT/MADRID, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Saturday he was ready for a ceasefire, on condition "terrorists" did **t use a lull in fighting to their advantage and that countries backing insurgents halted support for them. "We have said that we are ready to stop military operations, but the issue relates to more important factors ... such as preventing terrorists from using it to improve their positions," Assad told Spanish newspaper El Pais in an interview. Turkey, other Sunni regional powers and Western countries have supported insurgents fighting against Assad, whose forces are bolstered by Iran, Russia and Lebanese Hezbollah.

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