Syria Quotes by Bashar al-Assad

I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.

— Bashar al-Assad

I believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.

— Bashar al-Assad

If you don't win and the terrorists win, Syria wouldn't exist anymore.

— Bashar al-Assad

We can say, you can win the war only when you restore stability in Syria.

— Bashar al-Assad

Iran doesn't have any soldier in Syria, so how could Iran help me ?

— Bashar al-Assad

[Peace in Syria] is [António Guterres] priority, and of course it's our priority, that's self-evident.

— Bashar al-Assad

I don't believe the United States will be ready to join Russia in fighting terrorists in Syria.

— Bashar al-Assad

As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.

— Bashar al-Assad

We are ready to cooperate in any way to achieve stability in Syria, of course taking into consideration the interest of the…

— Bashar al-Assad

[Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to…

— Bashar al-Assad

The United States accused Syria, and because you accused you have to bring evidence [of chemical weapons], this first of all. We…

— Bashar al-Assad

Terrorists have been supported by tens of foreign countries, so Syria alone wouldn't be able to face this kind of war without…

— Bashar al-Assad

We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you…

— Bashar al-Assad

I would only give a prize to whoever works for the peace in Syria, first of all by stopping the terrorists from…

— Bashar al-Assad

Every friend of Syria is looking for peaceful solution, and we are convinced about that. We have this advice, and without this…

— Bashar al-Assad

I think the most important part of this now is, let's say the American people, but the polls show that the majority…

— Bashar al-Assad

It's very simple ; once the Western countries stop supporting those terrorists and making pressure on their puppet countries and client states…

— Bashar al-Assad

You have to look at the reality in Syria. Whenever we liberate any city or village from the terrorists, the civilians will…

— Bashar al-Assad

Since the beginning of the crisis, since the terrorists started to control some areas within Syria, the majority of the Syrian civilians…

— Bashar al-Assad

I would say I need two things: the first one is to be objective in every statement he could make regarding any…

— Bashar al-Assad

The Russians always base their policies on values, and these values are the sovereignty of other countries, the international law, respecting other…

— Bashar al-Assad

Let's be realistic, every terrorist came to Syria, he came through Turkey with the support of [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan. So, fighting those…

— Bashar al-Assad

Even if you want to take the American story, they say we used chemical weapons the same day the team or the…

— Bashar al-Assad

In the eighties, we asked for international coalition against terrorism after the Muslim Brotherhood crisis in Syria when they started killing, of…

— Bashar al-Assad

We wouldn't have withstood for two years and a half. We would have disintegration of the army, disintegration of the whole institution…

— Bashar al-Assad

We are fully free, not partially, fully free, in everything related to the future of Syria.

— Bashar al-Assad

We, in Syria, our point of view stems from our experience.

— Bashar al-Assad

Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.

— Bashar al-Assad

[Hezbollah forces] cannot exist all over Syria anyway, for many reasons, but they exist on the borders.

— Bashar al-Assad

Why should you use a term [rebels] in the United States and England and maybe other countries and use another term in…

— Bashar al-Assad

You hardly find any military base in distant areas from the [Syria] cities unless it's an airport or something like this, but…

— Bashar al-Assad

I think sadness prevails in Syria now. We don't feel anything else but sadness because we have this killing every day, whether…

— Bashar al-Assad

Israel has WMD, and it has to sign [chemical warfare agreement], and Israel is occupying our land, so that's we talked about…

— Bashar al-Assad

Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East. That is why we are in contact with most of…

— Bashar al-Assad

Any American strike will not destroy as much as the terrorists have already destroyed in Syria ; sometimes the repercussions could be…

— Bashar al-Assad

For the West, they wanted to undermine the Syrian positions. For the petrodollar countries like Saudi Arabia, they're thinking undermining Syria will…

— Bashar al-Assad

We don't say that we don't have it, we're still secular in Syria, but with the time, this secularism will be eroded.

— Bashar al-Assad

The first thing Syrian refugees want is to be able to live within Syria. That means help, humanitarian help, the way we…

— Bashar al-Assad

On the border area with Lebanon where [Hezbollah forces] want to protect themselves and cooperate with us, but they don't exist all…

— Bashar al-Assad

My country and me, we are part of this region, we're not separated. We cannot discuss it as Syria or as me…

— Bashar al-Assad