Hafez al-Assad quotes

Hafez al-Assad was a Syrian military officer and politician who served as President of Syria for nearly thirty years. His leadership established a powerful authoritarian regime and shaped the country's modern history. He remains a highly influential and controversial figure in Middle Eastern politics. Here are 4 of his quotes:

Strike the enemy's settlements, turn them into dust, pave the Arab roads with the skulls of Jews. (Hafez al-Assad)

Our forces are now entirely ready not only to repulse the aggression, but to initiate the act of liberation itself, and to explode the Zionist presence in the Arab homeland. The Syrian army, with its finger on the trigger, is united....I, as a military man, believe that the time has come to enter into a battle of annihilation.

Hafez al-Assad

Death a thousand times to the hired Muslim Brothers, Death a thousand times to the Muslim Brothers, the criminal Brothers, the corrupt Brothers.

Hafez al-Assad

Why should we not boycott the Soviet Union and its supporters inside the country? If we do so, we can force them to review their stand. Either they give us what we want and what is necessary or they will lose our friendship.

Hafez al-Assad

Hafez al-Assad

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Occupation: Syrian Politician
Born: October 6, 1930
Died: June 10, 2000
Quotes count: 4
Wikipedia: Hafez al-Assad

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