Assad: Syria and Russia against the attempts of the West to establish hegemony over the Middle East
According to the Syrian leader, the country’s position in defense of its sovereignty was the cause waged against Syria war.
TASS, August 20. West “seeks to establish the hegemony” over the Middle East, Syria together with Russia, “resist these attempts.” This was stated on Sunday Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
He spoke at a meeting of diplomats in the Syrian foreign Ministry, TV channel Syria. According to Assad, “the principled position in defense of national sovereignty, occupied by Syria, was the cause waged against it a war.”
As Assad said, “Syrians have paid dearly for the failure of the conspiracy of the West and the “Muslim brothers”, but the price of resistance is less than the price of surrender.”