In an interview on Czech television, Assad said that Europeans have legitimate cause to fear the wave of Syrian migration, since among the masses are agents of ISIS. “The failure of his terrorist groups means the end of his political career, and he wanted to do anything to hinder the success (of the military operation in Syria)”, Russian News Agency Tass quoted Assad as talking to Czech Television.
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Russian Federation launched air strikes in late September in support of Mr Assad, Moscow’s ally.
“The situation will be better and in a few months we will have full peace in Syria, definitely”.
Among the Islamic State terrorists who perpetrated the November 13 attacks in Paris were at least two Syrians who entered Europe among the multitude of migrants. “Supporting Assad prolongs the civil war”, TASS reports the head of Pentagon said.
On a trip to Washington last week, French President Francois Hollande and reiterated his determination to see Assad step down in order to give Syria a chance for peace, saying “it should be as soon as possible”.
In the interview, Mr Assad said the incident showed that his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had “lost his nerve” because Russia’s involvement had altered what was at stake.
Answering the question on how he saw his country in 10 years, Assad said that the main goal was defeating terrorism. He said terrorists from more than 100 countries around the world were coming to Syria to make it “a hub for terrorism”, SANA reported. “That’s true, and how many is hard to say”.
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“Now in the middle of the war, I’m not going to say I’m leaving for any reason”, he said. “The majority are good Syrians, patriots, correct people”.
