People 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.
BASHAR AL-ASSADOn 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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I believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.
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If you don’t win and the terrorists win, Syria wouldn’t exist anymore.
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The question is who threw chemicals on the same day on our soldiers. That’s the same question. Technically, not the soldiers. Soldiers don’t throw missiles on themselves. So, either the rebels, the terrorists, or a third party. We don’t have any clue yet.
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Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.
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We are worried that rebels are taking control in many countries, and look at the results now. Are you satisfied as an American ? What are the results ? Nothing. Very bad – nothing good.
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Whenever you have a war, the civilians and the innocents will pay the price. That’s in any war, any war is a bad war.
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It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.
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It’s not about me, again, this fight is not my fight, it’s not the fight of the government ; it’s the fight of the country, of the Syrian people.
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Actually, he gave false evidence [of chemical weapons]. In this case,[John] Kerry didn’t even present any evidence. He talked “we have evidence” and he didn’t present anything. Not yet, nothing so far ; not a single shred of evidence.
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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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Hizbullah is not a militia.
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Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.
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Circumstances don’t matter, only my state of being matters. What state of being are you choosing?
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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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It’s a dangerous thing when someone gets up in the morning and has nothing to eat.
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