Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stressed that Syria \"is now more capable of standing firm and achieving victory\". \"What America had to conceal became mostly apparent, which is to get rid of the resistant axis, Syria, Iran, and North Korea along with their allies. We stand in the face of takeover scheme that America is put forward\", Syrian website Damas Post quoted the Syrian controversial leader as saying during his meeting with the military delegation which have recently been to North Korea. He added \"Our battle is endurable and what we hide is sufficient to make our enemies feel defeated\".