Bashar Al Assad: “The president promised us reforms. God willing, they will come soon. I mean, these reforms are for the citizens, and…”

This administration adopted the preemptive war. It contradicts the principal of peace and six years after this administration, there's no peace, we are not expecting any peace.

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 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."

I have ordered my troops to increase their readiness. I condemn what I call the flagrant aggression of Israel's bombardment of Southern Lebanon.