We 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-ASSADWorry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
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This is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be valuable next week.
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Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
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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 cannot use jihadists because it’s like shooting yourself in the foot.
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You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind. So the core issue is how to open the mind, the whole society, and this means everybody in society including everyone.
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Foreigners cannot bring freedom, cannot bring democracy, because this is related to the culture, to the different factors that affect or influence that society. You cannot bring it, you cannot import it.
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From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country. So, who killed ? That’s another question.
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[ Jihadists] are going to be against you sooner or later.
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Israel has WMD, and it has to sign [chemical warfare agreement], and Israel is occupying our land, so that’s we talked about the Middle East, not Syria, not Israel ; it should be comprehensive.
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No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?
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None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel.
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Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
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This war [in Syria] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September.
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America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.
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We never said that the majority [of the terrorists] are not Syrians, but we said that the minority is what they call “free Syrian army.” That’s what we said.
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