[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 should expect everything. Not necessarily through the government, the governments are not the only player in [Middle East] region.
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We don’t say that we don’t have it, we’re still secular in Syria, but with the time, this secularism will be eroded.
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Trust that the thing in life that excites you the most comes complete with all the tools necessary to support you in the doing of that thing. It is automatic; it is built in. All you need to do is act on the opportunities that doing that situation brings to you.
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I don’t believe the United States will be ready to join Russia in fighting terrorists in Syria.
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The army is made of the people ; it cannot be made of robots.
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They need money from abroad, they need moral support and political support from abroad. They don’t have any grassroots, any incubator. So, when you stop the smuggling, we don’t have problems.
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I believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.
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It is difficult for anyone to tell you what is going to happen. [Middle East] is an area where everything is on the brink of explosion.
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When 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.
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Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
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Syria 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.
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We’re not in the area where the alleged chemical attack happened. I said alleged. We’re not sure that anything happened.
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The captain doesn’t think about death, or life, he thinks about saving his ship.
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The armament of the government is legal armament. Any other armament is not legal.
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Let’s talk… we have indications, let me just finish this point, because how can use WMD while your troops are only 100 meters away from it ? Is it logical ? It doesn’t happen. It cannot be used like this.
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As a state, as a government, in 2001 we proposed to the United Nations to empty or to get rid of every WMD in the Middle East, and the United States stood against that proposal. This is our conviction and policy.
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