Blaming the violence on opposition groups involved in a foreign conspiracy to sow chaos in the country, Assad said that "saboteurs" who have smeared Syria's image and weakened national security had to be isolated.
Okrivljujući za nasilje opozicione grupe upletene u stranu zaveru za stvaranje haosa u zemlji, Asad je rekao da „saboteri“ koji su ukaljali imidž Sirije i oslabili nacionalnu bezbednost moraju da budu izolovani.