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

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

The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.
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

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

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

When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused.
Bashar al-Assad