Despite almost six years of war between his army and rebels backed by the West and Gulf countries, Syrian President Bashar Assad said he still considers Israel the one and only “enemy” state.
The Syrian leader says the Jewish state’s occupation of the Golan Heights is worse than other countries’ hostile policies. The Syrian president said only a state that is “occupying your land” can be considered an enemy state.
The statement came in an apparent attempt to extend an olive branch to Gulf countries as his regime neared a victory in Aleppo seen as possibly decisive in stamping out the insurgency that has left Syria in tatters.