Our concern is that Iran will use the income it receives as a result of the lifting of the nuclear sanctions in order to fund its nefarious activities in the region.
ADEL AL-JUBEIRThat would be a different story. But I don’t think World War III is going to happen in Syria.
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We have the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, and people should respect this.
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Even the disagreement over Syria is more of a tactical one than a strategic one.
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We both want a unified Syria that is stable in which all Syrians enjoy equal rights.
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Then I tell them: Don’t keep attacking us as you have done for the last years.
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When monarchies were collapsing in a number of countries, we had radicals and we had Nasserism.
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We don’t tolerate terrorism.
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That involves the establishment of a governing council, which is to take power away from Bashar Assad,
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Iran put to death more than a thousand people last year. I don’t see EU reporting on it.
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He crushed them brutally. But his military could not protect him.
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If the deployment of ground troops helps in the fight against Daesh, why is that World War III?
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Let’s not forget: This all began when you had eight- and nine-year-old children writing graffiti on walls.
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Daesh is attacking us. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wants to destroy the Saudi state.
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But we have these problems in our region, and nobody has been able to resolve them.
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Daesh members wear shoes. Does this mean everybody who wears shoes is Daesh?
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I don’t think anyone can predict what the short term will look like. In the long term, it will be a Syria without Bashar Assad
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