Assad promises to fight on, rejecting peace efforts :
Today News : Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in his first address to the nation, within six months, the caller issued a call for war to defend the country and rejected international efforts to promote peace, offering its own political agenda that reforms of government, but keeps him in power.
Assad, whose family has for four decades, the Syrian authorities led uprising in 2011, told the audience applause countries had a total war against foreign interests and al-Qaeda. He gave a speech to an audience of hundreds at Damascus Opera House, in the central district of the capital, which was cordoned off by security for a few months, as rebels surrounded Damascus.
"We are now in a state of war in the full sense of the word," Mr. Assad said. "This war targets Syria, using several Syrians and many foreigners. Thus, it is a war to protect the nation."
Mr. Assad appeared calm and confident as he spoke, dressed in a black suit, black tie, and looking slimmer, on Sunday. These were his first comments on the war raging Syrian television interview in November last year, and its first public appearance in many months.
As in several previous appearances since the uprising began 22 months ago, the president portrayed the conflict as a struggle against foreign terrorists and deny it was a struggle between the government and the opposition. But in this speech, he identified Al-Qaeda to infiltrate into the country, said Syria faced a very difficult war, and insulted the international mediation of the crisis.
"What, what, what most of the people we are fighting the jihadists of the ideology of al-Qaeda," he said, accusing the rebels cut off the electricity, communication, fuel lines and bread goods through Syria. "Battle, ladies and gentlemen, between the people and its enemies ... between the citizen and his bread, between security we all desire, and fear."
Less than hour address, his speech short however, was handed over to Syrian state television. Hundreds of people in the audience greeted him with the opera house entrance, shouting and interrupted his speech, chanting "God, Syria and Bashar, enough." Dozens of supporters swarmed the stage after the speech, the president shook hands with some of them and tried to get out, occasionally getting cornered to the wall, such as anger, plainclothes guards pushed the body and threw people. I think - - - ?
Today News : Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in his first address to the nation, within six months, the caller issued a call for war to defend the country and rejected international efforts to promote peace, offering its own political agenda that reforms of government, but keeps him in power.
Assad, whose family has for four decades, the Syrian authorities led uprising in 2011, told the audience applause countries had a total war against foreign interests and al-Qaeda. He gave a speech to an audience of hundreds at Damascus Opera House, in the central district of the capital, which was cordoned off by security for a few months, as rebels surrounded Damascus.
"We are now in a state of war in the full sense of the word," Mr. Assad said. "This war targets Syria, using several Syrians and many foreigners. Thus, it is a war to protect the nation."
Mr. Assad appeared calm and confident as he spoke, dressed in a black suit, black tie, and looking slimmer, on Sunday. These were his first comments on the war raging Syrian television interview in November last year, and its first public appearance in many months.
As in several previous appearances since the uprising began 22 months ago, the president portrayed the conflict as a struggle against foreign terrorists and deny it was a struggle between the government and the opposition. But in this speech, he identified Al-Qaeda to infiltrate into the country, said Syria faced a very difficult war, and insulted the international mediation of the crisis.
"What, what, what most of the people we are fighting the jihadists of the ideology of al-Qaeda," he said, accusing the rebels cut off the electricity, communication, fuel lines and bread goods through Syria. "Battle, ladies and gentlemen, between the people and its enemies ... between the citizen and his bread, between security we all desire, and fear."
Less than hour address, his speech short however, was handed over to Syrian state television. Hundreds of people in the audience greeted him with the opera house entrance, shouting and interrupted his speech, chanting "God, Syria and Bashar, enough." Dozens of supporters swarmed the stage after the speech, the president shook hands with some of them and tried to get out, occasionally getting cornered to the wall, such as anger, plainclothes guards pushed the body and threw people. I think - - - ?
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