Syria will defend itself against any aggression – Assad

President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday that Syria
will defend itself against any attacks, as
Washington and its allies mull military action in
response to the alleged use of chemical arms. “Syria will defend itself in the face of any
aggression, and threats will only increase its
commitment to its principles and its
independence,” the embattled leader told a
visiting delegation of Yemeni politicians,
according to state television. “Syria, with its resistant people and valiant army,
is determined to wipe out terrorism which is
being backed by Israel and Western nations to
serve their own purposes of sowing division in
the region, fragmenting its people and forcing
them into submission,” he said in his first reaction to the potential US strikes. “The people are the guarantors of victory and that
is what is happening in Syria,” said Assad, whose
regime uses the terms “terrorism” or “terrorists”
to describe the rebels battling to end his rule. AFP