America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.
Bashar al-Assad

Armies are not only for offensives.
Bashar al-Assad

As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
Bashar al-Assad

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

But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.
Bashar al-Assad

Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.
Bashar al-Assad

Hizbullah is not a militia.
Bashar al-Assad

Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously.
Bashar al-Assad

Israel does not care about the international public opinion.
Bashar al-Assad

Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water.
Bashar al-Assad

Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
Bashar al-Assad

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.
Bashar al-Assad

It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.
Bashar al-Assad

It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.
Bashar al-Assad

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

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

No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?
Bashar al-Assad

None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel.
Bashar al-Assad

Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
Bashar al-Assad

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.
Bashar al-Assad