denounced the assessment of chemical weapons used by the al sa saad regime calling the evidence, quote, full of lies. >> cnn's frederik pleitgen joins me now. fredrik, do you see any part of a deal or do they want the u.s. to crush these rebels? >> that's what they're trying to do right now, the syrian government, if this peace deal is going to happen, they want to own as much territory in this country as possible. have a strong position. that's why they've launched this defensive. that's why there is the hezbollah fighters on their fight, fighting side by side for them. that's why they're trying very hard to take back as much territory as possible before a peace conference will start. if the peace evaporates if both sides decide they actually want to do this, they'll try their