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Something that many officials in the West don’t see or don’t realize or don’t acknowledge – and in the interest of the Russian people, because they have been facing terrorists for decades now.

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Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East. That is why we are in contact with most of the problems forever, let us say, whether directly or indirectly.
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East Forever Middle Problem
We’ve been dealing with this kind of terrorism since the fifties, since the Muslim Brotherhood came to Syria at that time.
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Brotherhood Kind Terrorism
They need money from abroad, they need moral support and political support from abroad. They don’t have any grassroots, any incubator. So, when you stop the smuggling, we don’t have problems.
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Abroad Border Country Smuggle Terrorist
Fighting the terrorists in Syria is not only in the interest of Syria or the Syrian people; in the interest of the Middle East, of Europe itself.
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Fighting People Something Terrorist
If you don’t win and the terrorists win, Syria wouldn’t exist anymore.
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Country Terrorist Winning
What the army is doing is cleaning those areas, and the indication that the army is strong is that it’s making advancement in that area. It never went to one area and couldn’t enter to it – that’s an indication.
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Army Country Strong
Whenever you have a war, the civilians and the innocents will pay the price. That’s in any war, any war is a bad war.
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Civilian Innocent Pay War
Think of the war against terrorism. In my view, Washington’s approach can be compared to a doctor constantly banging away at a tumor instead of removing it surgically.
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Doctors Thinking War
Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
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Confrontation Mean Worry
It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it.
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Circumstances Comfortable Country Mistake
Under Syrian law, a journalist is not allowed to report on military matters. This may be wrong or right, but that’s just the way it is.
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Law May Military
We have hopes that we can see rational American presidents; fair, obey the international law, deal with other countries according to mutual respect, parity, etc., but we all know that this is only wishful thinking and fantasy.
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Country Law Thinking
It’s a dangerous thing when someone gets up in the morning and has nothing to eat.
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Dangerous Get Morning Up
Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can’t possibly claim that it was successful.
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Country Looks Successful
You should expect everything. Not necessarily through the government, the governments are not the only player in [Middle East] region.
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East Government Middle Player
We asked for a delegation [of the Red Cross] in March 2013 when the first attack happened in Aleppo in the north of Syria,
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Cross Delegation Happen Red Team

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