Daesh is attacking us. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wants to destroy the Saudi state.
ADEL AL-JUBEIRAnd Iran is responsible for setting up sectarian militias in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, whose objective is to destabilize those countries.
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Even the disagreement over Syria is more of a tactical one than a strategic one.
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We expressed our readiness to join the US-led, international coalition against Daesh with special forces.
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We have a legal system, and we have a penal code.
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We don’t tolerate terrorism.
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The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted.
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Why would we not want to fight an ideology whose objective is to kill us?
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The Russians say their objective is to defeat Daesh, too.
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Saudi Arabia has said that if the US-led coalition against Daesh is prepared to engage in ground operations
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So we responded, as part of a coalition, at the request of the legitimate government of Yemen, and we stepped in to support them.
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It will allow the moderate opposition to be able to neutralize the helicopters and aircraft that are dropping chemicals and have been carpet-bombing them
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When monarchies were collapsing in a number of countries, we had radicals and we had Nasserism.
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We have no issue with seeking to develop the best terms we can with Iran.
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We want to have good ties with the Iranians, but if they want good ties with us
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But we have these problems in our region, and nobody has been able to resolve them.
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That would be a different story. But I don’t think World War III is going to happen in Syria.
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