The armament of the government is legal armament. Any other armament is not legal.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe don’t discuss this issue [conversations with Russia] as a government, but we discuss the repercussions, which is more important because sometimes repercussions could be more destroying than the strike itself.
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We don’t say that we don’t have it, we’re still secular in Syria, but with the time, this secularism will be eroded.
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The American officials should learn to deal with reality. Why did the United States fail in most of its wars ? Because it always based its wars on the wrong information. So, whether they believe or not, this is not reality.
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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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Those who arrived on America’s tanks are not credible in Iraq.
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The army is made of the people ; it cannot be made of robots.
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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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I think sadness prevails in Syria now. We don’t feel anything else but sadness because we have this killing every day, whether with chemical or any other kind.
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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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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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Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine.
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Those fighters, the Syrian part that you’re talking about, lost its natural incubators in the Syrian society – they don’t have incubators anymore ; that’s why they have incubators abroad.
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It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it.
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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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Freedom and democracy are nothing but instruments, just like stability. The goal is called progress and growth. Anyone who puts freedom ahead of stability is hurting growth.
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At the end, I said [chemical weapons] is something not to be discussed with anyone.
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