Iran has been a neighbor for millenia, and will continue to be a neighbor for millenia.
ADEL AL-JUBEIRSo 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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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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The country [Syria] would be destroyed. Unfortunately, our warnings are coming true.
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It was in possession of heavy weapons, ballistic missiles and even an air force.
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Iran is responsible for a number of terrorist attacks in the Kingdom,
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In the 1950s and 1960s, there were revolutions.
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To write a constitution and to open the way for elections.
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Daesh is attacking us. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wants to destroy the Saudi state.
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We were the first country in the world to hold a national public awareness campaign against extremism and terrorism.
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Bashar Assad has said many things. We will see in the near term whether he is serious about a political process.
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People are saying, “Oh my God, Saudi Arabia has changed.” It’s a contradiction.
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Should the political process not work, there is always the other approach.
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We have a legal system, and we have a penal code.
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Then I tell them: Don’t keep attacking us as you have done for the last years.
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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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That would be a different story. But I don’t think World War III is going to happen in Syria.
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Is Russia worried that defeating Daesh will open the door for defeating Bashar Assad?
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Every society decides what its laws are, and it’s the people who make decisions with regards to these laws.
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It is important that Bashar leaves in the beginning, not at the end of the process.
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So he asked the Iranians to come in and help.
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Do you want us to lead, or do you want us to play a supporting role?
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We have a legal system, and this is not something that happens all the time.
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Twenty million Russians are Muslims.
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We have a war against Daesh (the Islamic State, or IS) in Syria.
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we will be prepared to participate with special forces.
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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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If the deployment of ground troops helps in the fight against Daesh, why is that World War III?
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