We never said that the majority [of the terrorists] are not Syrians, but we said that the minority is what they call "free Syrian army." That's what we said. Bashar al-Assad More Quotes by Bashar al-Assad More Quotes From Bashar al-Assad Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests. Bashar al-Assad israeli harmony interest As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own... Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland. Bashar al-Assad lebanon able government None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel. Bashar al-Assad israel Those who arrived on America's tanks are not credible in Iraq. Bashar al-Assad tanks iraq america We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel. Bashar al-Assad threat establishment israel 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 killing language war It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it. Bashar al-Assad israel doe mistake Hizbullah is not a militia. Bashar al-Assad militia I think the Congress is elected by people, it represents the people, and works for their interest. The first question that they should ask themselves : what do wars give America, since Vietnam till now ? Nothing. No political gain, no economic gain, no good reputation. Bashar al-Assad war america thinking [Hezbollah forces] cannot exist all over Syria anyway, for many reasons, but they exist on the borders. Bashar al-Assad hezbollah borders reason I'm not talking about him; I'm talking about the countries that go to support [Antonio] Guterres plan, because he needs the support of other countries, he cannot achieve that plan while many countries in the world are still supporting the terrorists in Syria. So, of course we support it, whether helping the people to live, to go back to their country, and to live in security without terrorists. Bashar al-Assad talking country people You said treaties, and a Russian official said ; we have not agreement... contracts, that we have to fulfill, and those contracts are like any country ; you buy armaments, you buy anything you want. Bashar al-Assad agreement want country Every friend of Syria is looking for peaceful solution, and we are convinced about that. We have this advice, and without this advice we are convinced about it. Bashar al-Assad syria peaceful advice At the very beginning, it was fully political. When you have these terrorists, the first part of the same plan which is political should start with stopping the smuggling of terrorists coming from abroad, stopping the logistic support, the money, all kinds of support coming to these terrorists. Bashar al-Assad stopping support political We have agreements with many countries including Iran, including Russia, including other countries that are about different things including armament. It's cooperation like any cooperation between any two countries, which is normal. It's not related to the crisis. Bashar al-Assad russia agreement country We can have national dialogue where different Syrian parties sit and discuss the future of Syria. You can have interim government or transitional government. Then you have final elections, parliamentary elections, and you're going to have presidential elections. Bashar al-Assad presidential party government We cannot tell anything about what [Donald Trump] is going to do, but if, let's say if he is going to fight the terrorists, of course we are going to be ally, natural ally in that regard with the Russian, with the Iranian, with many other countries who wanted to defeat the terrorists. Bashar al-Assad allies fighting country The first thing Syrian refugees want is to be able to live within Syria. That means help, humanitarian help, the way we understand it, food, medical care, any other, let's say, basics for the daily life. Bashar al-Assad mean way firsts I think the most important part of this now is, let's say the American people, but the polls show that the majority now don't want a war, anywhere, not only against Syria. Bashar al-Assad war people thinking There's a difference between responsibility of the policy and responsibility of the practice. In any practice, you have malpractice, that's another issue. When you talk about state and President, you always talk about the decisions and the policy. Bashar al-Assad differences responsibility practice
