Bachar al-Assad gave his first speech since seven months, Sunday, January 6, while the civil war in the country has more than 60,000 deaths, according to the UN. Faced with opposition increasingly vigorous international community and increasingly strong, the dictator tries to impose its conditions for conflict resolution. To reconcile his hold on power and a return to peace, the President did not hesitate to reverse the roles of all actors présence.
Les revolutionary, "a criminal gang"
Le Syrian President drew its own balance of political forces in the country. According to him, the conflict is not between "the government and the opposition, but the country and its enemies, the people and their assassins," adding that some wanted the partition of Syria. Under these conditions, the opposition can not be recognized as a legitimate interlocutor, judge says. "Is it a revolution and revolutionaries are they? They're a bunch of criminals," he said, referring to the rebels who drove his troops to large areas of the north and east.
L'extérieur is the guerre
Le lack of legitimacy of the Syrian opponents would especially their links with foreign countries, according to Assad. Criticizing the term "revolution" used by his opponents, the Syrian president calls for "people's revolution, not a revolution imported from abroad for the good of the people and not against its interests." According to him, the enemy is not outside but inside. "Can we talk to gangs who take their orders from abroad? (...) We talk with the masters, not with slaves," joked Bashar al-Assad. (...) Read more about
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