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-ASSADWe are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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The captain doesn’t think about death, or life, he thinks about saving his ship.
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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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Using terrorism or jihadists or extremists for any political agenda is immoral.
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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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As I said, this [repercussions] may take different forms : direct and indirect. Direct when people want to retaliate, or governments. Indirect when you’re going to have instability and the spread of terrorism all over the region that will influence the west directly.
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Every friend of Syria is looking for peaceful solution, and we are convinced about that. We have this advice, and without this advice we are convinced about it.
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For Turkey, they think that if the Muslim Brotherhood take over the rest of the region, they will be very comfortable, they will be very happy, they will make sure that their political future is guaranteed.
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Something that many officials in the West don’t see or don’t realize or don’t acknowledge – and in the interest of the Russian people, because they have been facing terrorists for decades now.
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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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As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own… Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland.
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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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I believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.
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We’ve been living in difficult circumstances and we prepare ourselves for every possibility. But that doesn’t mean if you’re prepared things will be better ; it’s going to get worse with any foolish strike or stupid war.
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Opposition doesn’t mean to take arms and kill people and destroy everything.
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At the end, I said [chemical weapons] is something not to be discussed with anyone.
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