Speaking during an iftar feast with several Syrian political and religious figures on Sunday, the Syrian president called the Western-backed opposition as “a failure.”
Assad said the so-called Syrian National Coalition can have no role in ending the country's war.
He added that Syrian crisis will only be solved by ending terrorism in the country.
Assad called for amity and urged the need to strengthen moral values in the Syrian society.
He praised the people for standing with the Syrian forces.
The government troops have recently conducted successful clean-up operations across the country, inflicting heavy losses on the militants.
The Syrian Army’s push against the militants rattled their sponsors.
Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said on June 26 that Saudi Arabia is trembling with fear because of the Syrian Army’s recent gains against the militants.
In a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Jeddah on June 25, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal insisted that the militants in Syria must be armed with anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons.
Zoubi said that the Saudi weapons and money is the main reason behind bloodshed in Syria, adding that Faisal “is lost in the Syrian blood.”
Syria has been gripped by deadly unrest since 2011. According to the United Nations, more than 100,000 people have been killed and millions of others displaced in the violence.
