This war [in Syria] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September.
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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None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel.
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That’s the problem with the American position; they think that they are the police of the world.
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From Russia for example, we have political support, which is different from the cooperation. We have cooperation for 60 years now, but now we have political support.
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Actually, he gave false evidence [of chemical weapons]. In this case,[John] Kerry didn’t even present any evidence. He talked “we have evidence” and he didn’t present anything. Not yet, nothing so far ; not a single shred of evidence.
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In any war, people will pay the price.
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We’re talking about the responsibility, my responsibility according to the Syrian constitution that said we have to defend ourselves.
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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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America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.
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“Winning” is a subjective word, but we are making advancement. This is the correct word, because winning for some people is when you finish completely.
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You 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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To have opposition ? We have it, and you can go and meet with them. We have some of them within the government, we have some of them outside the government. They are opposition. We have it.
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The only one who can fight for these values like democracy and freedoms are the people of any country or any society, not the foreigners.
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It’s a dangerous thing when someone gets up in the morning and has nothing to eat.
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In the end a lie is a lie.
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Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.
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