The sarin gas is a very primitive gas. You can have it done in the backyard of a house ; it’s a very primitive gas. So, it’s not something complicated.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThe sarin gas is a very primitive gas. You can have it done in the backyard of a house ; it’s a very primitive gas. So, it’s not something complicated.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe asked for a delegation [of the Red Cross] in March 2013 when the first attack happened in Aleppo in the north of Syria,
BASHAR AL-ASSADYou have different parties, different factions, you have different ideologies ; you have everything in Middle East region now.
BASHAR AL-ASSADAt the end, I said [chemical weapons] is something not to be discussed with anyone.
BASHAR AL-ASSADLet’s presume that a country or army has this weapon ; this kind of armaments cannot be used by infantry for example or by anyone. This kind of armament should be used by specialized units, so it cannot be in the hand of anyone.
BASHAR AL-ASSADFrom the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIf it’s not a national army, it cannot have the support, and if it doesn’t have the public support of every sect, it cannot do its job and advance recently. It cannot. The army of the family doesn’t make national war.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWhatever the American officials said about the conflicts in Syria in general has no credibility. Whatever they say, it’s just lies and, let’s say, bubbles, has no foundation on the ground.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWhy should you use a term [rebels] in the United States and England and maybe other countries and use another term in Syria ? This is a double standard that we don’t accept.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIn 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.
BASHAR AL-ASSADA bomb is a bomb, what’s the difference between different kinds of bombs? All bombs are to kill, but it’s about how to use it.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIf you don’t win and the terrorists win, Syria wouldn’t exist anymore.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe are ready to cooperate in any way to achieve stability in Syria, of course taking into consideration the interest of the country, and the will of the Syrian people.
BASHAR AL-ASSADSome of these agendas wanted me to quit, very simply, so they said “we have all the guarantees if you want to leave, and all the money and everything you want.” Of course, you just ignore that.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe have the precedent of Collin Powell ten years ago, when he showed the evidence, it was false, and it was forged.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThere is no good war.
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