In the initiative that we issued at the beginning of year 2013 we said every party with no exceptions as long as they give up their armaments.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIn the initiative that we issued at the beginning of year 2013 we said every party with no exceptions as long as they give up their armaments.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIf you ask Americans whether they’ve been successful at sealing the border with Mexico, they’ll tell you that it’s a very difficult proposition.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWhen people interact and integrate with each other on daily basis in every detail. So, I think in this regard I am more assured that Syria will be more unified. So, the only problem now that we face is not the partition, but terrorism.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWhether [Turkey] is a NATO country or not, it doesn’t have the right to invade any other country according to the international law or to any other moral value.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe don’t say that we don’t have it, we’re still secular in Syria, but with the time, this secularism will be eroded.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThe problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.
BASHAR AL-ASSADNo government in the world kills its people, unless it’s led by a crazy person.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD[Chemical weapons] isn’t about what the United States believe in, it’s about the reality that we have, and this reality, we own it, we don’t have to discuss it.
BASHAR AL-ASSADYou hardly find any military base in distant areas from the [Syria] cities unless it’s an airport or something like this, but most of the military bases or centers within inhabited areas.
BASHAR AL-ASSADActually, the terrorists have been killing our people since the beginning of this crisis two years and a half ago, and the Syrian people wanted the government and the state institutions and the army and the police to defend them, and that’s what happened.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe 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.
BASHAR AL-ASSADOpposition doesn’t mean to take arms and kill people and destroy everything.
BASHAR AL-ASSADAlmost all countries have natural dividing lines, and when ethnic and religious partition occurs in one country, it’ll soon happen elsewhere.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe’ve been living in difficult circumstances and we prepare ourselves for every possibility. But that doesn’t mean if you’re prepared things will be better ; it’s going to get worse with any foolish strike or stupid war.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIt’s very simple ; once the Western countries stop supporting those terrorists and making pressure on their puppet countries and client states like Saudi Arabia and Turkey and others, you’ll have no problem in Syria. It will be solved easily.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe are facing an external attack against us, which is more dangerous than any other previous wars… We are dealing with those who are extremists, who only know the language of killing and criminality.
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