If there is any change regarding that hope, we should ask the Syrian people, not anyone else in the world.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD[It is important] to have stability and to have security, which means humanitarian equals fighting terrorists. You cannot talk about humanitarian aid and supporting the terrorists at the same time. You cannot, you have to choose.
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We’re talking about one region, bigger regions, not only about Syria. This interlinked region, this intermingled, interlocked, whatever you want to call it ; if you strike somewhere, you have to expect the repercussions somewhere else in different forms in ways you don’t expect.
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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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For the West, they wanted to undermine the Syrian positions. For the petrodollar countries like Saudi Arabia, they’re thinking undermining Syria will undermine Iran on sectarian basis.
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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From Russia for example, we have political support, which is different from the cooperation. We have cooperation for 60 years now, but now we have political support.
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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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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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We asked for a delegation [of the Red Cross] in March 2013 when the first attack happened in Aleppo in the north of Syria,
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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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Many people do not understand the difference between peace and a peace treaty. If you want to have real peace with normal relations between people, you need to have comprehensive peace.
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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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It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.
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The Russians are fighting for us, for the world, and for their self.
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This is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be valuable next week.
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Foreigners cannot bring freedom, cannot bring democracy, because this is related to the culture, to the different factors that affect or influence that society. You cannot bring it, you cannot import it.
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