This is cooperation [with Hezbollah, Iran , from Russia], I don’t know what you mean by support. We have cooperation with countries for decades. Why talk about this cooperation now ?
BASHAR AL-ASSADSince the beginning of the crisis, since the terrorists started to control some areas within Syria, the majority of the Syrian civilians left that areas to join the government areas, not vice versa. If the majority of the Syrians don’t trust the government, they should go the other way.
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The captain doesn’t think about death, or life, he thinks about saving his ship.
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Its not about learning to trust. Its about learning what it is I place my trust in and why. Its like learning to see the forest for the trees. You cannot see the forest for the trees unless you are outside the forest.
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America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.
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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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And let’s say in brief they live the Taliban style in Afghanistan, completely the same style.
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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In Aleppo we had the missile itself, and the material, and the sample from the sand, from the soil, and samples from the blood [of chemical weapons].
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I don’t believe that in a couple of months Erdogan and the United States regime, and the Western regimes in general, and of course Saudi Arabia and Qatar, are going to stop the support of the terrorists.
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At the end, I said [chemical weapons] is something not to be discussed with anyone.
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Hezbollah fighters are on the borders with Lebanon where the terrorists attacked them. On the borders with Lebanon, this is where Hezbollah retaliated, and this is where we have cooperation, and that’s good.
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If there is any change regarding that hope, we should ask the Syrian people, not anyone else in the world.
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You should expect everything. Not necessarily through the government, the governments are not the only player in [Middle East] region.
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The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.
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When people interact and integrate with each other on daily basis in every detail. So, I think in this regard I am more assured that Syria will be more unified. So, the only problem now that we face is not the partition, but terrorism.
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The part in Aleppo, what [people] call it the eastern part, is occupied by the terrorists for the last three years, and they have been using the civilians as human shields.
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