We feel pain for every Syrian victim.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThey want to criticize you, let them criticize and do not worry. Just be transparent with your people and tell them this is the reality.
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From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country. So, who killed ? That’s another question.
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The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.
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In the United States, they always talk about subtitles, about chapters in a book without taking the main title of the book. They talk about a subtitle in a chapter and if you ask them about the headline, the main title, they say they do not know.
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As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own… Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland.
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It’s our right to defend our country against any kind of invasion.
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Using terrorism or jihadists or extremists for any political agenda is immoral.
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This is cooperation [with Hezbollah, Iran , from Russia], I don’t know what you mean by support. We have cooperation with countries for decades. Why talk about this cooperation now ?
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None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel.
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“Winning” is a subjective word, but we are making advancement. This is the correct word, because winning for some people is when you finish completely.
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Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
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You said treaties, and a Russian official said ; we have not agreement… contracts, that we have to fulfill, and those contracts are like any country ; you buy armaments, you buy anything you want.
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It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.
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Because of this interference for the last fifty years, that’s why they are very good only in creating problems, not in solving problems. That’s the problem with the American role.
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As I said, this [repercussions] may take different forms : direct and indirect. Direct when people want to retaliate, or governments. Indirect when you’re going to have instability and the spread of terrorism all over the region that will influence the west directly.
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Opposition doesn’t mean to take arms and kill people and destroy everything.
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