Bashar Assad

I have declared that Syria is innocent of this crime, and I am ready to follow up action to bring read more

I have declared that Syria is innocent of this crime, and I am ready to follow up action to bring to trial any Syrian who could be proved by concrete evidence to have had connection with this crime,

This (assassination) is against our principles and my principles, and I would never do such a thing in my life, read more

This (assassination) is against our principles and my principles, and I would never do such a thing in my life, ... What do we achieve? I think what happened targeted Syria.

We have the urge to reach a state of peace, but we have no urge to compromise an inch of read more

We have the urge to reach a state of peace, but we have no urge to compromise an inch of our territory nor do we accept our sovereignty to be impinged on,

not to allow Lebanon to be a passage for conspiracy against Syria.

not to allow Lebanon to be a passage for conspiracy against Syria.

The ultimate objective of all this is the destruction of Arab identity; for the enemies of the Arab nation are read more

The ultimate objective of all this is the destruction of Arab identity; for the enemies of the Arab nation are opposed to our possessing any identity or upholding any creed that could protect our existence and cohesion, guide our vision and direction, or on which we can rely in our steadfastness,