NEW YORK — In a Dec. 7 story about Barbara Walters' interview with Syrian President Bashar Assad, The Associated Press misquoted Assad based on an incorrect transcript provided by ABC News. When asked about the torture of children, Assad said, "You don't live here." He did not say, "I don't believe you."
Correction: Syria-Walters Interview
Wed Dec 7, 2011 7:30 PM EST

In this undated image provided by ABC, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad poses with ABC News Anchor Barbara Walters for an interview airing Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, on ABC. Assad denied he ordered the deadly crackdown on a nearly 9-month-old uprising in his country, claiming he is not in charge of the troops behind the assault. Speaking to Walters in a rare interview that aired Wednesday, he maintained he did not give any commands "to kill or be brutal." (AP Photo/ABC, Rob Wallace)
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