Bashar al-Assad quotes

We are facing an external attack against us, which is more dangerous than any other previous wars... We are dealing with those who are extremists, who only know the language of killing and criminality. (Bashar al-Assad)
There is no such things as "Islamic terrorism," because terrorism differs from Islam. There's just terrorism, not Islamic terrorism. But the term "Islamic terrorism" has become widespread. View quote
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[The Jews] tried to kill the principles of all religions with the same mentality in which they betrayed Jesus Christ and the same way they tried to betray and kill the Prophet Muhammad. View quote
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Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. View quote
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The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration. View quote
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[Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell. View quote
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Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat. View quote
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When we analyze this war in a materialistic way and ask when is it going to end and who will be the winner and the loser, it means that we do not see the endgame. View quote
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As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed. View quote
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I'm not a puppet. I wasn't made by the west to go to the west or any other country. I'm Syrian. I'm made in Syria. I have to live in Syria and die in Syria. View quote
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When we talk about "clean war," when there is no casualties, no civilians, no innocent people to be killed, that doesn't exist, no one could make it, no war in the world... (Bashar al-Assad)
America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit. View quote
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The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it. View quote
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When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused. View quote
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No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it? View quote
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Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine. View quote
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Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one. View quote
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None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel. View quote
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Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist. View quote
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It should be known that Israel is based on treachery. View quote
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It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten. (Bashar al-Assad)
Israel does not care about the international public opinion. View quote
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You in Lebanon, your power is no match to Israel. Israel, militarily, is more powerful than you and maybe it is more powerful than all the Arab countries, or most of them. View quote
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It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more. View quote
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We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs. View quote
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