The army is made of the people ; it cannot be made of robots.
BASHAR AL-ASSADTo 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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Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
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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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Hezbollah 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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Let’s presume that a country or army has this weapon ; this kind of armaments cannot be used by infantry for example or by anyone. This kind of armament should be used by specialized units, so it cannot be in the hand of anyone.
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From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country.
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From Russia for example, we have political support, which is different from the cooperation. We have cooperation for 60 years now, but now we have political support.
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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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Using terrorism or jihadists or extremists for any political agenda is immoral.
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It’s our right to defend our country against any kind of invasion.
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Opposition doesn’t mean to take arms and kill people and destroy everything.
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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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At the end, I said [chemical weapons] is something not to be discussed with anyone.
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[Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell.
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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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Conversely, it is correct to say that bringing about peace would be the best way to fight terror.
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