In an interview given to the Greek Kathimerini newspaper, President al-Assad said that Syria is fighting terrorists, who are the army of the Turkish, US, and Saudi regimes, stressing that any aggressor and any army, whether Turkish, French, or whoever, they are all enemies as long as they came to Syria illegally.
Syrian president said, without any interference, it will take less than a year to regain stability in Syria; the other factor is how much support the terrorists receive. But as long as it continues, time is not the main factor.
He also discusses the risk of a global conflict over Syria and said, the agenda of the Americans since Trump's election is the creation of conflicts with Russia.
"If you talk about Syria’s allies, of course they’re the Iranians and the Russians. They are our strongest allies, and of course China that supported us politically in the Security Council. As for them playing an important role in the future of the country, these countries respect Syria’s sovereignty and national decision making and provide support to insure them," he said.
Assad also added, we don’t have any chemical arsenal since we gave it up in 2013, and the international agency for chemical weapons made investigations about this, and it’s clear or documented that we don’t have.
Syrian government forces have launched several intensive strikes on terrorist-held positions
In a significant victory early last month, the Syrian army managed to fully liberate Eastern Ghouta, which had long been controlled by militant groups and served as a launch pad for deadly rocket attacks against residents and civilian infrastructure in the capital.
