Those who arrived on America’s tanks are not credible in Iraq.
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.
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I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent.
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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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Actually, he gave false evidence [of chemical weapons]. In this case,[John] Kerry didn’t even present any evidence. He talked “we have evidence” and he didn’t present anything. Not yet, nothing so far ; not a single shred of evidence.
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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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We are worried that rebels are taking control in many countries, and look at the results now. Are you satisfied as an American ? What are the results ? Nothing. Very bad – nothing good.
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We have agreements with many countries including Iran, including Russia, including other countries that are about different things including armament. It’s cooperation like any cooperation between any two countries, which is normal. It’s not related to the crisis.
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The United States accused Syria, and because you accused you have to bring evidence [of chemical weapons], this first of all. We have to find evidences when we are there.
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The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.
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If you don’t win and the terrorists win, Syria wouldn’t exist anymore.
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My country and me, we are part of this region, we’re not separated. We cannot discuss it as Syria or as me ; it should be as part, as a whole, as comprehensive. That’s how we have to look at it.
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Hizbullah is not a militia.
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You have different parties, different factions, you have different ideologies ; you have everything in Middle East region now.
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We are fully free, not partially, fully free, in everything related to the future of Syria.
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It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it.
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But for us, in Syria, we have principles. We’ll do anything to prevent the region from another crazy war. It’s not only Syria. Because it will start in Syria.
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