You have different parties, different factions, you have different ideologies ; you have everything in Middle East region now. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
A bomb is a bomb, what's the difference between different kinds of bombs? All bombs are to kill, but it's about how… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Opposition is different from terrorism. Opposition is a political movement. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
I wouldn't tell the President [Barack Obama] or any other official, because we are disappointed by their behavior recently, because we expected… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The hope for an American is different from the hope of a Syrian. For me, I should be the hope of the… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We don't have a lot of expectations [for Donald J. Trump] because the American administration is not only about the President; it's… — 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
From Russia for example, we have political support, which is different from the cooperation. We have cooperation for 60 years now, but… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We're talking about one region, bigger regions, not only about Syria. This interlinked region, this intermingled, interlocked, whatever you want to call… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We can have national dialogue where different Syrian parties sit and discuss the future of Syria. You can have interim government or… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Of course, when Secretary-General is objective, he can play an important role in dealing with different officials in the United Nations in… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
These people that started here, they support the government now against those rebels. Why talking about what happened at the very beginning… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
My decision was, and the decision of the different institutions, and the decision of the different officials in Syria - I'm on… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Many people, they flee not the war itself, but the consequences of the war, because they want to live, they want to… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The most important part of [Russian] support is the aerial support, which is very essential, they have very strong firepower, and at… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Foreigners cannot bring freedom, cannot bring democracy, because this is related to the culture, to the different factors that affect or influence… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
As I said, this [repercussions] may take different forms : direct and indirect. Direct when people want to retaliate, or governments. Indirect… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Before the 11th of September, in my discussions with many officials of the United States, some of them are Congressmen, I used… — 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
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
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
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
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
I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share
[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
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
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
[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
Conversely, it is correct to say that bringing about peace would be the best way to fight terror. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share
The hope for an American is different from the hope of a Syrian. For me, I should be the hope of the Syrian, not… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share
![“I wouldn't tell the President [Barack Obama] or any other official, because we are disappointed by their behavior recently, because we expected this administration to be different from Bush's administration. They are adopting the same doctrine with different accessories.” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/548/bashar-al-assad-1027_accessories_i-wouldn-t-tell-the-president-barack-oba_2632925.jpg)
![“We don't have a lot of expectations [for Donald J. Trump] because the American administration is not only about the President; it's about different powers within this administration, the different lobbies that they are going to influence any President.” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1a/bashar-al-assad-1027_administration_we-don-t-have-a-lot-of-expectations-for_2970390.jpg)
![“The most important part of [Russian] support is the aerial support, which is very essential, they have very strong firepower, and at the same time they are the main supply of our army for more than sixty years, so our army depends on the Russian support in different military domains.” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/bashar-al-assad-1027_army_the-most-important-part-of-russian-suppo_921484.jpg)
![“As I said, this [repercussions] may take different forms : direct and indirect. Direct when people want to retaliate, or governments. Indirect when you're going to have instability and the spread of terrorism all over the region that will influence the west directly.” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8b/bashar-al-assad-1027_different_as-i-said-this-repercussions-may-take-di_893846.jpg)
