The Iranians know what they need to do in order to become a responsible member of the international community and in order to become a good neighbor, and it’s really up to them to change their behavior.
ADEL AL-JUBEIRThe war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted.
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we will be prepared to participate with special forces.
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Just like we respect your legal system, you [europeans] should respect our legal system.
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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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Then I tell them: Don’t keep attacking us as you have done for the last years.
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And if you want us to play a supporting role, then tell us who is going to lead.
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I don’t think anyone can predict what the short term will look like. In the long term, it will be a Syria without Bashar Assad
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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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This will make the transition happen with less death and destruction.
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We believe that introducing surface-to-air missiles in Syria is going to change the balance of power on the ground.
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It seems people don’t read or listen. Our scholars and our media have been very outspoken.
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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 a legal system, and this is not something that happens all the time.
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We don’t tolerate terrorism.
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We had no other option – there was a radical militia allied with Iran and Hezbollah that took over the country.
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That involves the establishment of a governing council, which is to take power away from Bashar Assad,
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