Country Quote by Bashar al-Assad

The civil war in Syria is complex and devastating.

— Wes Streeting

Syrian people have right to fight for democracy and freedom in their country but they don't need the penetration of foreign elements, fundamentalist ideologies…

— Burhan Sonmez

Here's the problem the Free Syrian Army has. They really want to topple the regime in Damascus, and this is where most of the…

— Jack Keane

“A student of Syrian affairs soon becomes used to paradox. A comparatively small country, narrowly chauvinistic and jealous of its national sovereignty, Syria is…

— David Roberts

We knew the Syrian situation was complex and there were lots of divisions, particularly on the side of the opposition... This is a tough…

— Kofi Annan

No matter what happens to me, I will always love the people of Syria.

— Kenji Goto

“You are there and to their ears, being a Syrian sounds like you’re unclean, shameful, indecent; it’s like you owe the world an apology…

— Asaad Almohammad

I will not be drawn to building relations with the Syrian regime, which does not want me.

— Saad Hariri

We so desperately long for all of us to learn that we are meant for one another. We are meant for complementarity. The Syrians…

— Desmond Tutu

We're talking about the responsibility, my responsibility according to the Syrian constitution that said we have to defend ourselves.

— Bashar al-Assad

We all have to announce our full solidarity with the struggle of those seeking freedom and justice in Syria, and translate this sympathy into…

— Mohammed Morsi

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

— Bashar al-Assad