If the rebels or the terrorists in this region or any other group have [chemical warfare], this could happen, I don’t know. I’m not a fortuneteller to tell you what’s going to happen.
BASHAR AL-ASSADHezbollah fighters are on the borders with Lebanon where the terrorists attacked them. On the borders with Lebanon, this is where Hezbollah retaliated, and this is where we have cooperation, and that’s good.
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We 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 am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
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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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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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Even a president makes mistakes.
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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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You cannot talk about winning the war as long as there’s killing and destruction on daily basis.
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I cannot afford to make mistakes.
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That’s the problem with the American position; they think that they are the police of the world.
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Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine.
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Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
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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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And let’s say in brief they live the Taliban style in Afghanistan, completely the same style.
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We have to be there to get the evidence like what happened in Aleppo when we had evidence. And because the United States didn’t send the team, we sent the evidence to the Russians.
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First of all, when you have a doctor who cut the leg to prevent the patient from the gangrene if you have to, we don’t call butcher ; you call him a doctor, and thank you for saving the lives.
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