We expressed our readiness to join the US-led, international coalition against Daesh with special forces.
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People are saying, “Oh my God, Saudi Arabia has changed.” It’s a contradiction.
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Is Russia worried that defeating Daesh will open the door for defeating Bashar Assad?
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It’s going to be bad for the region. Iran has to decide whether it wants a revolution or a nation-state.
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The whole world was saying that the countries of the regions should step up and resolve their problems, so we stepped up.
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And 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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To write a constitution and to open the way for elections.
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The Middle East has gone through periods of turmoil before.
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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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He crushed them brutally. But his military could not protect him.
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The country [Syria] would be destroyed. Unfortunately, our warnings are coming true.
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We have a legal system, and this is not something that happens all the time.
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The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted.
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The Russians say their objective is to defeat Daesh, too.
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We support any deal that denies Iran nuclear weapons
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A policy of assassinating diplomats and of attacking embassies.
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But I don’t believe it comes at the expense of the Middle East.
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So he asked the Iranians to come in and help.
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You cannot lecture another people about what you think is right or wrong based on your value system unless you’re willing to accept others imposing their value system on you.
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We have no issue with seeking to develop the best terms we can with Iran.
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All of this, however, is still in the discussion phase and in the initial planning phase.
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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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Other than our disagreement over Syria, I would say our relationship with Russia is very good and we are seeking to broaden and deepen it.
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I don’t believe in the theory that the United States is reducing its presence in the Middle East.
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Iran is responsible for a number of terrorist attacks in the Kingdom,
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We have always said there are two ways to resolve Syria, and both will end up with the same result: a Syria without Bashar Assad.
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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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