When they don’t have support within their country, they couldn’t continue more than – how many weeks ? – three weeks. So, the only reason we stand here for two years and a half is because we have internal support, public support.
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If there is any change regarding that hope, we should ask the Syrian people, not anyone else in the world.
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I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
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[ Jihadists] are going to be against you sooner or later.
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With the time, yes we can be worried, because the secular state should reflect secular society, and this secular society, with the time, if you don’t get rid of those terrorists and these extremists and the Wahabi style, of course it will influence at least the new and the coming generations.
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When you talk about Al-Qaeda it doesn’t matter if he’s Syrian or American or from Europe or from Asia or Africa.
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The army is making good advancement on daily basis against the terrorists. Of course, they still have the support of Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and some Western countries including the United States, but the only option that we have in that regard is to win.
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Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East. That is why we are in contact with most of the problems forever, let us say, whether directly or indirectly.
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The armament of the government is legal armament. Any other armament is not legal.
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That’s the problem with the American position; they think that they are the police of the world.
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Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can’t possibly claim that it was successful.
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Nobody knows [who they are] because when [terrorists] are dead and they are killed, they don’t have any ID.
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You can forge anything these days, and we’re living in a fake news era.
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You cannot talk about winning the war as long as there’s killing and destruction on daily basis.
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I believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.
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If you ask Americans whether they’ve been successful at sealing the border with Mexico, they’ll tell you that it’s a very difficult proposition.
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The Russians always base their policies on values, and these values are the sovereignty of other countries, the international law, respecting other people, other cultures, so they don’t interfere in whatever is related to the future of Syria or the Syrian people.
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This is reality. If [the American officials] want to believe, that’s good, that will help them understand the region and be more successful in their policies.
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Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.
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You have different parties, different factions, you have different ideologies ; you have everything in Middle East region now.
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It’s not exactly fair to make a mistake yourself and then start blaming others for it.
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We are ready to cooperate in any way to achieve stability in Syria, of course taking into consideration the interest of the country, and the will of the Syrian people.
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We are facing an external attack against us, which is more dangerous than any other previous wars… We are dealing with those who are extremists, who only know the language of killing and criminality.
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.
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For Turkey, they think that if the Muslim Brotherhood take over the rest of the region, they will be very comfortable, they will be very happy, they will make sure that their political future is guaranteed.
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We have hopes that we can see rational American presidents; fair, obey the international law, deal with other countries according to mutual respect, parity, etc., but we all know that this is only wishful thinking and fantasy.
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