Bashar Al Assad

Bashar al-Assad brought this on by turning the tanks loose on population centers. He asked for it. This started out as a fairly benign movement, almost, you know, an incipient democracy, and he opened up with the artillery.

We will not stop this revolution. This revolution will go onto the end. It's either us or him.

This is all Russia's fault. They've got Syrian blood on their hands. This is all their fault.

Bashar Al-Assad has lost control over these monsters.

We don't feel our people. Nobody kill - no government in the world, kill its people unless it's created by crazy person. For me, as president, I became president because of the public support. It's impossible for anyone in this state to be…

We don't kill our people. Nobody kill -- no government in the world kill its people, unless it's led by a crazy person.

The Syrian state has really now left the decent and conservative order of nations.

The State Department has called on Assad to end his assault against the Syrian people, singling out Matar as a champion of peace, committed to confronting the regime's, quote, "despicable violence."

The president promised us reforms. God willing, they will come soon. I mean, these reforms are for the citizens, and they have been well received.

Today President Assad, the dictator in Syria, has announced that he's granting what he calls amnesty to protesters accused of committing crimes.

The president today, he wasn't addressing the United Nations. He was addressing his own people, and he was showing commitment and leadership and assuring them that he's committed to the reform.