In Aleppo we had the missile itself, and the material, and the sample from the sand, from the soil, and samples from the blood [of chemical weapons].
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe 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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Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can’t possibly claim that it was successful.
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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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At the end, I said [chemical weapons] is something not to be discussed with anyone.
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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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Conversely, it is correct to say that bringing about peace would be the best way to fight terror.
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They delayed it till just a few days before al-Ghouta when they sent those team, and the team itself said in its report that he did everything as he wanted. There was not a single obstacle.
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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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Our democracy should reflect our culture and our habits and our customs and our reality at the same time.
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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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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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Opposition doesn’t mean to take arms and kill people and destroy everything.
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When you talk about Al-Qaeda it doesn’t matter if he’s Syrian or American or from Europe or from Asia or Africa.
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Every friend of Syria is looking for peaceful solution, and we are convinced about that. We have this advice, and without this advice we are convinced about it.
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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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[It is important] to have stability and to have security, which means humanitarian equals fighting terrorists. You cannot talk about humanitarian aid and supporting the terrorists at the same time. You cannot, you have to choose.
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