China News Service, August 13th, according to the Associated Press, on the 12th local time, during a speech in Parliament, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad suddenly felt that his blood pressure dropped and interrupted his speech, saying that he needed to "sit down and rest for a while. ". After that, Assad continued to complete the speech.
Data map: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
According to reports, Assad began to look tired after half an hour of the speech, stopped the speech twice, and went to drink the water in the glass in front of him.
When talking about the US sanctions against Syria and the economic crisis in war-torn Syria, Assad said to the audience, "My blood pressure has dropped and I need to drink water." After a while, Assad said: "If you don't mind, I need to sit for a while." Then, he left the room.
According to the report, it is not clear how long Assad has been away. But when Assad returned, he joked, "Doctors are the worst patient". He was welcomed by the applause of the MPs. Before assuming the presidency, Assad was a trained ophthalmologist.
"I haven't eaten anything since yesterday afternoon. I didn't have sugar or salt, and it turned out that this happened." Assad added.
The U.S. government began to impose sanctions on the Syrian government, companies, and individuals before the Syrian conflict broke out in March 2011. After the conflict broke out, sanctions were continuously added. The EU also began sanctions on Syria in May 2011. Years of conflict and Western sanctions have caused severe damage to Syria's economic and social development.