Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad warned in comments to Turkish media Friday that the fall of the Syrian regime would cause a "domino effect" that will fuel Middle East instability for years.

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad warned in comments to Turkish media Friday that the fall of the Syrian regime would cause a "domino effect" that will fuel Middle East instability for years.

Speaking to Turkish TV station Ulusal Kanal, Assad accused neighboring countries of facilitating the entrance of terrorists into Syria, saying "we are surrounded by countries that help terrorists and allow them to enter Syria."

The Syrian president indicated that these countries will eventually pay a price, stating: “Everybody knows that if Syria is partitioned, or if terrorist forces take control over the country, there will be direct contagion of the surrounding countries.”

From here, Assad slammed Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, considering that “when the prime minister, or the government or officials get involved in shedding Syrian people's blood there is no place for bridges between us.”

In parallel, Assad assured that the Arab League lacked legitimacy, and that “it represented the Arab states not people, so it couldn’t grant or retract legitimacy."

On another hand, the Syrian president commented on the latest rumors about his death, saying: “I’m still in Syria, and I live were I’ve always lived. I’m over ground, not hiding in some shelter. All these are rumors that aim at affecting the morale of the Syrian people.