The other thing we did as government is to open gates for the civilians to leave that [ eastern part] area [in… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
What the army is doing is cleaning those areas, and the indication that the army is strong is that it's making advancement… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We said [U.S] are going to be repercussions of the mistaken way of dealing with it, of treating the terrorism, but nobody… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Talking about winning and losing is like if you're talking about two armies fighting on two territories, which is not the case.… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
John Kerry presented his confidence and his convictions. It's not about confidence, it's about evidence. The Russians have completely opposite evidence that… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
You can't say "the people of Aleppo" because the majority of the people of Aleppo are living in the area under the… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Two years and a half and Syria is still withstanding against the United States, the West, Saudi Arabia, the richest countries in… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
In the war, you lose areas, but you recapture another area. So, it is difficult to tell whether you are losing or… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Our soldiers in another area were attacked chemically. Our soldiers - they went to the hospital as casualties because of chemical weapons,… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
According to what we've been seeing recently in the area where the terrorists control, where they ban people from going to schools,… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
From our side, from our part as government, we have two missions: the first one is to fight those terrorists to liberate… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
It started partly as a sectarian war in some areas, but now it's not, because when you talk about sectarian war or… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Syria is in a state of war since its land was occupied for more than four decades, and the nature of the… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
It is difficult for anyone to tell you what is going to happen. [Middle East] is an area where everything is on… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
People do not only live on interests; they also live on beliefs, especially in very ideological areas. Unless you understand the ideological… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We're not in the area where the alleged chemical attack happened. I said alleged. We're not sure that anything happened. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
I never rejected any responsibility, but that depends on the decision. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
If you are going to be a mediator or arbitrator you have to be in the middle between the two sides; you cannot take… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The other thing we did as government is to open gates for the civilians to leave that [ eastern part] area [in Aleppo], and… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
This war [in Syria] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September. The second thing… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Freedom and democracy are nothing but instruments, just like stability. The goal is called progress and growth. Anyone who puts freedom ahead of stability… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
[Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The first question that I ask : do I have public support or not. That is the first question that I asked as President.… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The criteria or the paradigm for us is not the West, not the Western paradigm, because the West has its own culture, we have… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
[It is important] to have stability and to have security, which means humanitarian equals fighting terrorists. You cannot talk about humanitarian aid and supporting… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image