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.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD
It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.
![Bashar al-Assad Quote - The part in Aleppo, what [people] call it the eastern part, is occupied by the terrorists for the last three years, and they have been using the civilians as human shields.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/the-part-in-aleppo-what-people-call-it-the-eastern-683x1024.jpg)
![Bashar al-Assad Quote - We don’t have a lot of expectations [for Donald J. Trump] because the American administration is not only about the President; it’s about different powers within this administration, the different lobbies that they are going to influence any President.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/we-dont-have-a-lot-of-expectations-for-donald-j-tr-683x1024.jpg)
![Bashar al-Assad Quote - In Aleppo we had the missile itself, and the material, and the sample from the sand, from the soil, and samples from the blood [of chemical weapons].](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/in-aleppo-we-had-the-missile-itself-and-the-materi.jpg)
![Bashar al-Assad Quote - I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/i-will-tell-barack-obama-very-simply-present-what-.jpg)
