What the army is doing is cleaning those areas, and the indication that the army is strong is that it’s making advancement in that area. It never went to one area and couldn’t enter to it – that’s an indication.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD[It is important] to have stability and to have security, which means humanitarian equals fighting terrorists. You cannot talk about humanitarian aid and supporting the terrorists at the same time. You cannot, you have to choose.
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We 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.
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We have agreements with many countries including Iran, including Russia, including other countries that are about different things including armament. It’s cooperation like any cooperation between any two countries, which is normal. It’s not related to the crisis.
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It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more.
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We never said that the majority [of the terrorists] are not Syrians, but we said that the minority is what they call “free Syrian army.” That’s what we said.
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It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.
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It is difficult for anyone to tell you what is going to happen. [Middle East] is an area where everything is on the brink of explosion.
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In the eighties, we asked for international coalition against terrorism after the Muslim Brotherhood crisis in Syria when they started killing, of course they were defeated at that time. We asked for the same thing. So, this is a long-term policy that we base our policy on for years now.
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In the end a lie is a lie.
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I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent.
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We feel pain for every Syrian victim.
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No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?
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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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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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At the end, killing is killing. Massacring is massacring.
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Sometimes you may kill tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands with very primitive armaments.
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