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On the border area with Lebanon where [Hezbollah forces] want to protect themselves and cooperate with us, but they don’t exist all over Syria.

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To have opposition ? We have it, and you can go and meet with them. We have some of them within the government, we have some of them outside the government. They are opposition. We have it.
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Government Opposition Some Within
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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Decision People Political
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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Able Country Doubt
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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Firsts United States Weapons
Let’s talk… we have indications, let me just finish this point, because how can use WMD while your troops are only 100 meters away from it ? Is it logical ? It doesn’t happen. It cannot be used like this.
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Indication Point Troops Use
What the army is doing is cleaning those areas, and the indication that the army is strong is that it’s making advancement in that area. It never went to one area and couldn’t enter to it – that’s an indication.
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Army Country Strong
Revolution should be Syrian, cannot be revolution imported from abroad.
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Abroad Imported Revolution Should
Because of this interference for the last fifty years, that’s why they are very good only in creating problems, not in solving problems. That’s the problem with the American role.
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Country Create Good Problem Role
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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East Forever Middle Problem
If you don’t win and the terrorists win, Syria wouldn’t exist anymore.
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Country Terrorist Winning
We don’t have a lot of expectations [for Donald J. Trump] because the American administration is not only about the President; it’s about different powers within this administration, the different lobbies that they are going to influence any President.
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Administration Expectations President
I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
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Country Dies Everything Made
I cannot afford to make mistakes.
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Afford Making Mistake
We are facing an external attack against us, which is more dangerous than any other previous wars… We are dealing with those who are extremists, who only know the language of killing and criminality.
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Killing Language War
The only one who can fight for these values like democracy and freedoms are the people of any country or any society, not the foreigners.
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Country Fighting People
Of course, when Secretary-General is objective, he can play an important role in dealing with different officials in the United Nations in order to bring the policies of the different states – mainly Russia and the United States – toward more cooperation and more stability regarding Syria.
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Order Play Russia

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