[ Jihadists] are going to be against you sooner or later.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe have agreements with many countries including Iran, including Russia, including other countries that are about different things including armament. It’s cooperation like any cooperation between any two countries, which is normal. It’s not related to the crisis.
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Every friend of Syria is looking for peaceful solution, and we are convinced about that. We have this advice, and without this advice we are convinced about it.
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It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.
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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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Opposition is different from terrorism. Opposition is a political movement.
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Al-Qaeda has one ideology and they go back to the same leadership in Afghanistan or in Syria or in Iraq. That’s the question. You have tens of thousands of foreigners, that’s definitely correct. We are fighting them on the ground and we know this.
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Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
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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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[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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I believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.
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Circumstances don’t matter, only my state of being matters. What state of being are you choosing?
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Opposition doesn’t mean to take arms and kill people and destroy everything.
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I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent.
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No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?
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People do not only live on interests; they also live on beliefs, especially in very ideological areas. Unless you understand the ideological aspect of the region, you cannot understand what is happening.
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When you have terrorists, you don’t throw at them balloons or you don’t use rubber sticks, for example. You have to use armaments.
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