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
[It is important] to have stability and to have security, which means humanitarian equals fighting terrorists. You cannot talk about humanitarian aid… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
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 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
You look at [terrorists] faces, they look foreigners, but where are they coming from ? How precise this estimate is difficult to… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We never said that the majority [of the terrorists] are not Syrians, but we said that the minority is what they call… — 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
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
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 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
If you don't win and the terrorists win, Syria wouldn't exist anymore. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
I've never heard of soft war.There's no soft war. War is war. Any war is ruthless. When you fight terrorists, you fight… — 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
[Hezbollah, Iran, and Russia] are here because they could offer very essential and important help, because the situation that we are facing… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The part in Aleppo, what [people] call it the eastern part, is occupied by the terrorists for the last three years, and… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Hezbollah fighters are on the borders with Lebanon where the terrorists attacked them. On the borders with Lebanon, this is where Hezbollah… — 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
Any American strike will not destroy as much as the terrorists have already destroyed in Syria ; sometimes the repercussions could be… — 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
With the time, yes we can be worried, because the secular state should reflect secular society, and this secular society, with the… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Fighting the terrorists in Syria is not only in the interest of Syria or the Syrian people; in the interest of the… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
If the rebels or the terrorists in this region or any other group have [chemical warfare], this could happen, I don't know.… — 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
When you use an armament, you use it to defend the civilians. You kill terrorists in order to defend civilians. That's the… — 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