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.
BASHAR AL-ASSADYou look at [terrorists] faces, they look foreigners, but where are they coming from ? How precise this estimate is difficult to tell, but definitely the majority are Al-Qaeda.
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America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.
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Using terrorism or jihadists or extremists for any political agenda is immoral.
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When they don’t have support within their country, they couldn’t continue more than – how many weeks ? – three weeks. So, the only reason we stand here for two years and a half is because we have internal support, public support.
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For Turkey, they think that if the Muslim Brotherhood take over the rest of the region, they will be very comfortable, they will be very happy, they will make sure that their political future is guaranteed.
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Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can’t possibly claim that it was successful.
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This is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be valuable next week.
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If you don’t win and the terrorists win, Syria wouldn’t exist anymore.
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History teaches us that nobody can prevent a resistance group from arming when it has the support of the people.
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We are worried that rebels are taking control in many countries, and look at the results now. Are you satisfied as an American ? What are the results ? Nothing. Very bad – nothing good.
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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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We wouldn’t have withstood for two years and a half. We would have disintegration of the army, disintegration of the whole institution in the state.
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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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At the end, killing is killing. Massacring is massacring.
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[ Jihadists] are going to be against you sooner or later.
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It is difficult for anyone to tell you what is going to happen. [Middle East] is an area where everything is on the brink of explosion.
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