Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that the west is employing various methods in an attempt to weaken and divide countries that don’t succumb to its will.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that the west is employing various methods in an attempt to weaken and divide countries that don't succumb to its will, SANA reported.

Assad noted that in the past the west used hireling governments to implement its plans, while today terrorist groups are filling this role.
 
"The rallying of people to protect their homeland and independence should be sufficient to thwart them."

Assad stressed that the west and other countries that support extremism and terrorism in Syria and in the region should learn from the past experiences and realize that the threats resulting from the growth of terrorism will cross the region's countries and reach the entire world, particularly the states that harbor and support it.