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.
ADEL AL-JUBEIRWe believe that introducing surface-to-air missiles in Syria is going to change the balance of power on the ground.
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Should we stand by idly while this happens at our doorstep, in one of the countries in which al-Qaida has a huge presence?
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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 we have a penal code.
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We have a legal system, and this is not something that happens all the time.
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After the revolution of 1979, Iran embarked on a policy of sectarianism.
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The Russians say their objective is to defeat Daesh, too.
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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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All of this, however, is still in the discussion phase and in the initial planning phase.
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Is Russia worried that defeating Daesh will open the door for defeating Bashar Assad?
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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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When monarchies were collapsing in a number of countries, we had radicals and we had Nasserism.
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What we want is stability and security so we can focus on our own development.
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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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We don’t tolerate terrorism.
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Daesh is attacking us. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wants to destroy the Saudi state.
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