The fact that there are people who criticize me doesn’t mean that people hate me.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThe fact that there are people who criticize me doesn’t mean that people hate me.
BASHAR AL-ASSADOpposition is different from terrorism. Opposition is a political movement.
BASHAR AL-ASSADOn the border area with Lebanon where [Hezbollah forces] want to protect themselves and cooperate with us, but they don’t exist all over Syria.
BASHAR AL-ASSADYou cannot have democracy without the institutions. You cannot have a democracy that is built on the moods of self-interested people.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThere 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-ASSADWe are fully free, not partially, fully free, in everything related to the future of Syria.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWhen 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.
BASHAR AL-ASSADMany people do not understand the difference between peace and a peace treaty. If you want to have real peace with normal relations between people, you need to have comprehensive peace.
BASHAR AL-ASSADNo government in the world kills its people, unless it’s led by a crazy person.
BASHAR AL-ASSADSyria 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.
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-ASSADThe logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
BASHAR AL-ASSADI’ve never heard of soft war.There’s no soft war. War is war. Any war is ruthless. When you fight terrorists, you fight them like any other war.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe are against any WMD, any weapons of mass destruction, whether chemical or nuclear.
BASHAR AL-ASSADSince the beginning of the crisis, since the terrorists started to control some areas within Syria, the majority of the Syrian civilians left that areas to join the government areas, not vice versa. If the majority of the Syrians don’t trust the government, they should go the other way.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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