In the eighties, we asked for international coalition against terrorism after the Muslim Brotherhood crisis in Syria when they started killing, of course they were defeated at that time. We asked for the same thing. So, this is a long-term policy that we base our policy on for years now.
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Bashar al-Assad238 quotes“In the eighties, we asked for international coalition against terrorism after the Muslim Brotherhood crisis in Syria when they started killing, of course they were defeated at that time. We asked for the same thing. So, this is a long-term policy that we base our policy on for years now.”
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Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad You look at [terrorists] faces, they look foreigners, but where are they coming from ? How precise this estimate is difficult to tell, but definitely the majority are Al-Qaeda.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad Whether [Turkey] is a NATO country or not, it doesn’t have the right to invade any other country according to the international law or to any other moral value.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad When you use an armament, you use it to defend the civilians. You kill terrorists in order to defend civilians. That’s the natural role of any army in the world.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad That the rebels or the terrorists used the chemical weapons in northern Aleppo five months ago [in 2013].
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad If you don’t win and the terrorists win, Syria wouldn’t exist anymore.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad Nobody knows [who they are] because when [terrorists] are dead and they are killed, they don’t have any ID.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad Opposition is different from terrorism. Opposition is a political movement.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad The second thing that we want to tell Congress, that they should ask and that what we expect them to ask this administration about the evidence that they have regarding the chemical story and allegations that they presented.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad We always say we have wishful thinking that the Unites States would be unbiased, respect the international law, doesn’t interfere in other countries around the world, and of course to stop supporting terrorists in Syria.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad Your policy should be a mixture between your interests and how you reach your ends, but based on values. It cannot be only the end justifies the means, because for the criminals, ends justify the means, for thieves, for every illegal and immoral action, the end justifies the means.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad Trust that the thing in life that excites you the most comes complete with all the tools necessary to support you in the doing of that thing. It is automatic; it is built in. All you need to do is act on the opportunities that doing that situation brings to you.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad Conversely, it is correct to say that bringing about peace would be the best way to fight terror.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad The problem with every American candidate regarding the presidency, I am not talking only about this campaign or elections, but generally, that they say something during the campaign and they do the opposite after the campaign.
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