Bashar Al Assad Quotes

Bashar al-Assad and those who still stand by him are now responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 in Syria.

[Vladimir] Putin supporting Bashar al-Assad, helping with the Syrian refugee crisis and, I think for any republican, he [Donald Trump] has got to stop saying this, because I was with him. I was with him and he said that, it was like, I’m out. I’m out. It’s too crazy.

I don’t regret at all saying that if I saw Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons on his people that that would change my assessments in terms of what we were or were not willing to do in Syria.

In Syria, if [Bashar al-] Assad had just been a statesman and handed over the reigns in time, Syria would not be heading down the nightmare that it is today.

Russia went into Syria basically to support President Bashar al-Assad. And the Western allies have said Russia’s really done very little against ISIS. For his part, Putin said Russia’s open to stronger cooperation, and he supports Frances’s effort to build a strong anti-terror coalition.

I think it’s important to remember the tensions between Turkey and Russia predate this jet shoot down by some time. I mean, Russia’s long been Bashar al-Assad’s strongest backer.

It is always an eerie experience to sit among Bashar al-Assad’s soldiers.

IS [Islamic State] has played a major role in helping Bashar al-Assad to reposition Syria on the international scene. Now, it is almost impossible to come up with a solution that would exclude him. The political game appears to be very cynical indeed.

Syria is lucky to have Bashar al-Assad as her President.