I think sadness prevails in Syria now. We don’t feel anything else but sadness because we have this killing every day, whether with chemical or any other kind.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe would have disintegration of Syria if that was the case. It can’t be tolerated in Syria. I’m talking about the normal reaction of the people.
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We are against any WMD, any weapons of mass destruction, whether chemical or nuclear.
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Think of the war against terrorism. In my view, Washington’s approach can be compared to a doctor constantly banging away at a tumor instead of removing it surgically.
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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.
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Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine.
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I don’t believe in war, I believe in the principle of deterrence.
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From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country.
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It’s our right to defend our country against any kind of invasion.
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It’s not about me, again, this fight is not my fight, it’s not the fight of the government ; it’s the fight of the country, of the Syrian people.
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We don’t say that we don’t have it, we’re still secular in Syria, but with the time, this secularism will be eroded.
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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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If it’s not a national army, it cannot have the support, and if it doesn’t have the public support of every sect, it cannot do its job and advance recently. It cannot. The army of the family doesn’t make national war.
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[Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell.
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Anyone who’s not military knows this fact. Why do you use chemical weapons while you’re advancing ?
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Any cooperation that doesn’t go through the Syrian government is not legal. If it’s not legal, we cannot cooperate with, and we don’t recognize and we don’t accept.
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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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