Any cooperation that doesn’t go through the Syrian government is not legal. If it’s not legal, we cannot cooperate with, and we don’t recognize and we don’t accept.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThere can be no peace without unity.
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We’re not like the American administration, we’re not social media administration or government. We are a government that deals with reality. When we have evidence, we’ll announce it.
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The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration.
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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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You should expect everything. Not necessarily through the government, the governments are not the only player in [Middle East] region.
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Israel does not care about the international public opinion.
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They want to criticize you, let them criticize and do not worry. Just be transparent with your people and tell them this is the reality.
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Terrorism is a state of mind that on the one hand has to do with ignorance and, on the other hand, can be attributed to a feeling of desperation over the political situation, which at some point takes the form of revenge.
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Even a president makes mistakes.
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It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more.
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[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.
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We cannot use jihadists because it’s like shooting yourself in the foot.
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Without the public support, we cannot withstand two years and a half. Look at the other countries, look what happened in Libya, in Tunisia and in Egypt.
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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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“Winning” is a subjective word, but we are making advancement. This is the correct word, because winning for some people is when you finish completely.
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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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