The majority of fighters now are Al-Qaeda. If you want to support them, you are supporting Al-Qaeda, you are creating havoc in the region, and if this region is not stable, the whole world cannot be stable.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWhen you talk about cooperation, it means cooperation between two legal governments, not cooperation between foreign government and any faction within Syria.
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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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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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The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.
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The fact that there are people who criticize me doesn’t mean that people hate me.
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In any war, people will pay the price.
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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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We are fully free, not partially, fully free, in everything related to the future of Syria.
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Under Syrian law, a journalist is not allowed to report on military matters. This may be wrong or right, but that’s just the way it is.
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This is cooperation [with Hezbollah, Iran , from Russia], I don’t know what you mean by support. We have cooperation with countries for decades. Why talk about this cooperation now ?
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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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As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own… Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland.
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We have the precedent of Collin Powell ten years ago, when he showed the evidence, it was false, and it was forged.
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Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
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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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We’re not in the area where the alleged chemical attack happened. I said alleged. We’re not sure that anything happened.
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