Terrorists have been supported by tens of foreign countries, so Syria alone wouldn’t be able to face this kind of war without the help of its friends.
BASHAR AL-ASSADPeople do not only live on interests; they also live on beliefs, especially in very ideological areas. Unless you understand the ideological aspect of the region, you cannot understand what is happening.
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For the West, they wanted to undermine the Syrian positions. For the petrodollar countries like Saudi Arabia, they’re thinking undermining Syria will undermine Iran on sectarian basis.
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The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to make it.
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You cannot talk about winning the war as long as there’s killing and destruction on daily basis.
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You look at [terrorists] faces, they look foreigners, but where are they coming from ? How precise this estimate is difficult to tell, but definitely the majority are Al-Qaeda.
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Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.
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Those who arrived on America’s tanks are not credible in Iraq.
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That’s all before the crisis. We always have this kind of cooperation with Iran [Supplies, weaponry].
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We are fully free, not partially, fully free, in everything related to the future of Syria.
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In the end a lie is a lie.
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[Hezbollah forces] cannot exist all over Syria anyway, for many reasons, but they exist on the borders.
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This is cooperation [with Hezbollah, Iran , from Russia], I don’t know what you mean by support. We have cooperation with countries for decades. Why talk about this cooperation now ?
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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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We always say we have wishful thinking that the Unites States would be unbiased, respect the international law, doesn’t interfere in other countries around the world, and of course to stop supporting terrorists in Syria.
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And let’s say in brief they live the Taliban style in Afghanistan, completely the same style.
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Conversely, it is correct to say that bringing about peace would be the best way to fight terror.
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