You cannot import anything from outside your country regarding the future of your country. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
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 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
We have hopes that we can see rational American presidents; fair, obey the international law, deal with other countries according to mutual… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In reality, you cannot withstand for five years and more against all those countries, the West, and the Gulf states, the petrodollars,… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Let's presume that a country or army has this weapon ; this kind of armaments cannot be used by infantry for example… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Every country has criminals who have to be fought. They can exist anywhere, including the government or the army - or outside… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it? — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We have agreements with many countries including Iran, including Russia, including other countries that are about different things including armament. It's cooperation… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We cannot tell anything about what [Donald Trump] is going to do, but if, let's say if he is going to fight… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country. — 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
I am not a puppet. I was not made by the West to go to the West or to any other country. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The external support can never substitute internal support, the example that we have to look at very well is Egypt and Tunisia… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Almost all countries have natural dividing lines, and when ethnic and religious partition occurs in one country, it'll soon happen elsewhere. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
It's our right to defend our country against any kind of invasion. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
[United States] are sovereign country, they are an independent country, but this is their limit; they don't have to interfere in any… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The only one who can fight for these values like democracy and freedoms are the people of any country or any society,… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
[Barack] Obama can draw lines for himself and his country, not for other countries. We have our red lines, like our sovereignty,… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Do you call the people in Los Angeles in the nineties - do you call them rebels or opposition ? They are… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Whether [Turkey] is a NATO country or not, it doesn't have the right to invade any other country according to the international… — 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