I believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.
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I don’t believe the United States will be ready to join Russia in fighting terrorists in Syria.
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I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
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Israel does not care about the international public opinion.
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We are against any WMD, any weapons of mass destruction, whether chemical or nuclear.
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In the United States, they always talk about subtitles, about chapters in a book without taking the main title of the book. They talk about a subtitle in a chapter and if you ask them about the headline, the main title, they say they do not know.
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Did the President order anyone to kill civilians, did he order the destruction, did he order supporting terrorism in his country? Of course not.
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Anyone who’s not military knows this fact. Why do you use chemical weapons while you’re advancing ?
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They want to criticize you, let them criticize and do not worry. Just be transparent with your people and tell them this is the reality.
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You cannot talk about winning the war as long as there’s killing and destruction on daily basis.
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Freedom and democracy are nothing but instruments, just like stability. The goal is called progress and growth. Anyone who puts freedom ahead of stability is hurting growth.
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Russia is very important, Iran is very important, Hezbollah is very important. All of them are important. Each one made important achievements against the terrorists in Syria, so it’s difficult to say who is more important than the other.
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You hardly find any military base in distant areas from the [Syria] cities unless it’s an airport or something like this, but most of the military bases or centers within inhabited areas.
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The fact that there are people who criticize me doesn’t mean that people hate me.
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We don’t discuss this issue [ chemical weapons ] in public because we never said that we have it, and we never said that we don’t have it. It’s a Syrian issue ; it’s a military issue we never discuss in public with anyone.
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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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