Frases de Bashar Al-Assad

“Siria nunca venderá su honor, su soberanía nacional y su personalidad por un pedazo de pan.”

Fuente: abc.es http://www.abc.es/20120706/internacional/abci-bashar-assad-resistiremos-final-201207061401.html

“Si no tengo apoyo en la opinión pública, ¿cómo podría mantenerme en esta posición? Estados Unidos está contra mí, Occidente está contra mí, muchas potencias regionales, los países y la gente están en mi contra, así que ¿cómo podría mantenerme en esta posición?”

Fuente: rctv.net http://www.rctv.net/index.php/2012/07/06/al-assad-dice-que-esta-dispuesto-a-resistir-hasta-el-final/.html.

“Cuando un cirujano en un quirófano (…) hace cortes, limpia y amputa, y la herida sangra ¿alguien le dice que sus manos están manchadas de sangre? ¿O le damos las gracias por salvar al paciente?”

Fuente: jnn-digital.blogspot.mx http://jnn-digital.blogspot.mx/2012/07/al-assad-dice-que-no-teme-correr-la.html

“We are facing an external attack against us, which is more dangerous than any other previous wars… We are dealing with those who are extremists, who only know the language of killing and criminality.”

Fuente: informador.mx http://www.informador.mx/Internacional/Bashar-al-Assad-asegura-ser-un-cirujano-salvando-a-un-paciente-20120604-0204.html

Bashar Al-Assad: Frases en inglés

“[The Jews] tried to kill the principles of all religions with the same mentality in which they betrayed Jesus Christ and the same way they tried to betray and kill the Prophet Muhammad.”

As quoted by Holly Yan et. al. Al-Assad touts plan for resolution, says enemies of Syria 'will go to hell' http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/06/world/meast/syria-civil-war/?hpt=hp_t1, CNN (Jan. 17, 2013)

“[Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell.”

As quoted in "The disappearance of the Jews" http://www.economist.com/node/617242, The Economist (May 10, 2001)

“There is no such things as "Islamic terrorism," because terrorism differs from Islam. There's just terrorism, not Islamic terrorism. But the term "Islamic terrorism" has become widespread.”

“I'm not a puppet. I wasn't made by the west to go to the west or any other country. I'm Syrian. I'm made in Syria. I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.”

"If Sanctions Are Imposed on Syria, the Entire World Will Pay the Price" http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=958, MEMRI (Dec. 2005)

“They are not my forces, they are military forces that belong to the government.… I don't own them. I am president, I don't own the country so they are not my forces.”

Interview with RT http://www.rferl.org/content/syrian-president-assad-wont-leave-syria/24765439.html, (November 2012)

“The army is engaged in a crucial and heroic battle… on which the destiny of the nation and its people rests. The enemy is among us today, using agents to destabilise the country, the security of its citizens… and continues to exhaust our economic and scientific resources. They (the enemy) wanted to deprive the people of their national decision… but they were astonished to see these proud people, who confronted their plans and defeated them. You men of the country… you have demonstrated, in dealing with the war waged against our country by the terrorist gangs, that you possess an iron will and a keen awareness. Our military remains the backbone of the motherland.”

Interview with Barbara Walters (7 Dec. 2011) on the military escalation of the Syrian conflict

“When we talk about "clean war," when there is no casualties, no civilians, no innocent people to be killed, that doesn't exist, no one could make it, no war in the world...”

"Syria Army in Crucial and Heroic Battle says Bashar Al Assad" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9443296/Syria-army-in-crucial-and-heroic-battle-says-Bashar-al-Assad.html, Daily Telegraph (1 August 2012)

“Talk about the reality, about the facts, when to talk about children being killed, children of who? where? how? you're talking about propaganda, about media campaign, about sometimes fake pictures on the internet, we cannot talk but ones of the facts. We can talk about the facts, I cannot talk about allegations.”

Interview with Bill Neely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45odEv_1DAY (July 2016) on " NBC: Exclusive Interview with Bashar al-Assad https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/syria-s-president-bashar-al-assad-speaks-nbc-news-n608746"

“They are not my forces. They are military forces that belong to the government.… I don't own them. I am [the] president. I don't own the country so they are not my forces.”