We're talking about the responsibility, my responsibility according to the Syrian constitution that said we have to defend ourselves.
Bashar al-AssadToday, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine.
Bashar al-AssadYou cannot be desperate when the army is making advances. That should have happened - if we take into consideration that this presumption is correct and this is reality - you use it when you're in a desperate situation.
Bashar al-Assad