There is no such things as “Islamic terrorism,” because terrorism differs from Islam. There’s just terrorism, not Islamic terrorism. But the term “Islamic terrorism” has become widespread.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWhether [Turkey] is a NATO country or not, it doesn’t have the right to invade any other country according to the international law or to any other moral value.
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From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country.
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Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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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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You have different parties, different factions, you have different ideologies ; you have everything in Middle East region now.
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We cannot use jihadists because it’s like shooting yourself in the foot.
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We didn’t say that 80% [of terrorists], for example, or the majority or the vast majority, are foreigners. We said the vast majority are Al-Qaeda or Al-Qaeda offshoot organizations in this region.
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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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Any external support, if you want to call it support, let’s use this world, is… how to say… it’s going to be additional, but it’s not the base to depend on more than the Syrian support.
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In Great Britain, an author published a book in which he claimed that Jesus Christ had children. Such statements don’t trigger civil unrest and bloodshed in Europe. But write similar statements about Islam in Syria and you might see bloody uprisings.
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People do not only live on interests; they also live on beliefs, especially in very ideological areas. Unless you understand the ideological aspect of the region, you cannot understand what is happening.
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We have the precedent of Collin Powell ten years ago, when he showed the evidence, it was false, and it was forged.
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Nobody knows [who they are] because when [terrorists] are dead and they are killed, they don’t have any ID.
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Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
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Hamas will not disappear. Hamas will not raise the white flag. Hamas has the trust of the people, and anyone who wishes to destroy it must destroy an entire people.
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