It’s not religious war, but Al-Qaeda always use religions, Islam – actually, as a pretext and as a cover and as a mantle for their war and for their terrorism and for their killing and beheading and so on.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD
From Russia for example, we have political support, which is different from the cooperation. We have cooperation for 60 years now, but now we have political support.
![Bashar al-Assad Quote - You hardly find any military base in distant areas from the [Syria] cities unless it’s an airport or something like this, but most of the military bases or centers within inhabited areas.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/you-hardly-find-any-military-base-in-distant-areas.jpg)
![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 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/we-dont-discuss-this-issue-conversations-with-russ-683x1024.jpg)
![Bashar al-Assad Quote - On the border area with Lebanon where [Hezbollah forces] want to protect themselves and cooperate with us, but they don’t exist all over Syria.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/on-the-border-area-with-lebanon-where-hezbollah-fo-683x1024.jpg)
![Bashar al-Assad Quote - [Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/enemies-of-syria-are-the-enemies-of-the-people-and-683x1024.jpg)
