Syria’s Assad Says Conspirators Will Fail

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addressed the armed forces in a speech published in the People’s Army magazine on Sunday on occasion of the 66th anniversary of forming the Syrian Arab Army.

In the speech, al-Assad pointed out that a “conspiracy was carefully plotted to fragment Syria” in order to fragment the entire area, but the people who concocted the conspiracy forgot that Syria has unique characteristics that make it immune to conspiracies.

“Syria is used to creating victories and defeating the enemies of the country and nation… today we are more determined to follow the course of dignity with sure steps based on personal abilities… it knows how to do it to add a new victories and leave warmongers and blood merchants to taste the bitterness of defeat and disappointment,” the Syrian leader said.

He added that the conspirators wished to cause sedition that leaves nothing behind, but the “Syrian people proved bigger than the plots” and managed to end sedition and make a responsible stand to explore the areas of weakness and deal with them, opening prospects of comprehensive reform that will not stop despite the financial, technological, diplomatic, media and military resources that are deployed against Syria.

“This vicious attack won’t fare any better than the previous ones… all of Syria’s honest people are confident that we will emerge from the crisis more powerful, more present and more effective regionally and internationally,” al-Assad said.

The Syrian leader pointed out that those who think that pressures and conspiracies can make Syria relinquish some of its rights and principles are wrong, and that Syria’s belief in just and comprehensive peace doesn’t mean relinquishing a speck of soil or a drop of water, affirming that the Syrian Arab Golan will remain Arab and Syrian and will return to the homeland Syria.

“We will remain free in our national decision-making and sovereign in our international relations and our resistant course to achieve just and comprehensive peace according to international legitimacy resolutions that stipulate for Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Arab lands up to the June 4th 1967 line… those who bet on other than that are delusional… hardships make us more resilient, conspiracies make us stronger, and pressure causes it to adhere more to our standards and rights that cannot be liquidated or marginalized,” he said.