The majority of fighters now are Al-Qaeda. If you want to support them, you are supporting Al-Qaeda, you are creating havoc in the region, and if this region is not stable, the whole world cannot be stable.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThe majority of fighters now are Al-Qaeda. If you want to support them, you are supporting Al-Qaeda, you are creating havoc in the region, and if this region is not stable, the whole world cannot be stable.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThere can be no peace without unity.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD“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.
BASHAR AL-ASSADYou cannot have democracy without the institutions. You cannot have a democracy that is built on the moods of self-interested people.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD[ Jihadists] are going to be against you sooner or later.
BASHAR AL-ASSADYour policy should be a mixture between your interests and how you reach your ends, but based on values. It cannot be only the end justifies the means, because for the criminals, ends justify the means, for thieves, for every illegal and immoral action, the end justifies the means.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIt’s very simple ; once the Western countries stop supporting those terrorists and making pressure on their puppet countries and client states like Saudi Arabia and Turkey and others, you’ll have no problem in Syria. It will be solved easily.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe are ready to cooperate in any way to achieve stability in Syria, of course taking into consideration the interest of the country, and the will of the Syrian people.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThat’s the problem with the American position; they think that they are the police of the world.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThose who arrived on America’s tanks are not credible in Iraq.
BASHAR AL-ASSADCircumstances don’t matter, only my state of being matters. What state of being are you choosing?
BASHAR AL-ASSADLet’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.
BASHAR AL-ASSADYou look at [terrorists] faces, they look foreigners, but where are they coming from ? How precise this estimate is difficult to tell, but definitely the majority are Al-Qaeda.
BASHAR AL-ASSADAl-Qaeda has one ideology and they go back to the same leadership in Afghanistan or in Syria or in Iraq. That’s the question. You have tens of thousands of foreigners, that’s definitely correct. We are fighting them on the ground and we know this.
BASHAR AL-ASSADI am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
BASHAR AL-ASSADAny 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.
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