Civilians Quote by Bashar al-Assad

The fall of Eastern Aleppo marks a watershed in the five-year Syrian civil war. Opposition forces first took part of the city in 2012.

— Margaret Warner

That the rebels or the terrorists used the chemical weapons in northern Aleppo five months ago [in 2013].

— Bashar al-Assad

You have to look at the reality in Syria. Whenever we liberate any city or village from the terrorists, the civilians will go back…

— Bashar al-Assad

You can't say "the people of Aleppo" because the majority of the people of Aleppo are living in the area under the control of…

— Bashar al-Assad

The people of Aleppo have suffered like no one else for so long. There has to be a political solution.

— Jeremy Corbyn

Aleppo is a disaster. It's a humanitarian nightmare.

— Donald Trump

I think Aleppo is a disaster, humanitarian-wise.

— Donald Trump

Three-quarters of [Bashar Assad] country is displaced. It's in Jordan, it's in Lebanon, it's in Turkey, and in the desert. The threat is that…

— John F. Kerry

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

Iraq is a strange country. Where else can American civilians like me be protected by terrorist human shields?

— Michael Totten

Like Hamas, ISIS was deeply embedded in urban areas. And the international coalition against ISIS worked hard to protect civilians and create humanitarian corridors.

— Lloyd Austin

From our side, from our part as government, we have two missions: the first one is to fight those terrorists to liberate that area…

— Bashar al-Assad