I think sadness prevails in Syria now. We don’t feel anything else but sadness because we have this killing every day, whether with chemical or any other kind.
BASHAR AL-ASSADDid the President order anyone to kill civilians, did he order the destruction, did he order supporting terrorism in his country? Of course not.
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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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It’s our right to defend our country against any kind of invasion.
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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The American officials should learn to deal with reality. Why did the United States fail in most of its wars ? Because it always based its wars on the wrong information. So, whether they believe or not, this is not reality.
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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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Anyone who’s not military knows this fact. Why do you use chemical weapons while you’re advancing ?
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You cannot talk about winning the war as long as there’s killing and destruction on daily basis.
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If the American administration want to support Al-Qaeda – go ahead. That’s what we have to tell them, go ahead and support Al-Qaeda, but don’t talk about rebels and free Syrian army.
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We are against any WMD, any weapons of mass destruction, whether chemical or nuclear.
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For the West, they wanted to undermine the Syrian positions. For the petrodollar countries like Saudi Arabia, they’re thinking undermining Syria will undermine Iran on sectarian basis.
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Whatever 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.
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We learned that lesson very well, especially in the eighties, that terrorists cannot be used as a political card, you cannot put it in your pocket, because it’s like a scorpion; it will bite you someday.
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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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We don’t discuss this issue [ chemical weapons ] in public because we never said that we have it, and we never said that we don’t have it. It’s a Syrian issue ; it’s a military issue we never discuss in public with anyone.
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You in Lebanon, your power is no match to Israel. Israel, militarily, is more powerful than you and maybe it is more powerful than all the Arab countries, or most of them.
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