Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIsrael does not care about the international public opinion.
More Bashar al-Assad Quotes
-
-
As we see now the American officials, they say something in the morning and they do the opposite in the evening. So, you cannot judge those people according to what they say. You cannot take them at their words, to be frank.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
We would have disintegration of Syria if that was the case. It can’t be tolerated in Syria. I’m talking about the normal reaction of the people.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
Our democracy should reflect our culture and our habits and our customs and our reality at the same time.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
Conversely, it is correct to say that bringing about peace would be the best way to fight terror.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
You can forge anything these days, and we’re living in a fake news era.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
The sarin gas is a very primitive gas. You can have it done in the backyard of a house ; it’s a very primitive gas. So, it’s not something complicated.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
What the army is doing is cleaning those areas, and the indication that the army is strong is that it’s making advancement in that area. It never went to one area and couldn’t enter to it – that’s an indication.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
Opposition is different from terrorism. Opposition is a political movement.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
We’re not in the area where the alleged chemical attack happened. I said alleged. We’re not sure that anything happened.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
Foreigners cannot bring freedom, cannot bring democracy, because this is related to the culture, to the different factors that affect or influence that society. You cannot bring it, you cannot import it.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
We don’t discuss this issue [conversations with Russia] as a government, but we discuss the repercussions, which is more important because sometimes repercussions could be more destroying than the strike itself.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
If you don’t win and the terrorists win, Syria wouldn’t exist anymore.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
Terrorism is a state of mind that on the one hand has to do with ignorance and, on the other hand, can be attributed to a feeling of desperation over the political situation, which at some point takes the form of revenge.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD