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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.

Bashar al-Assad

Without the public support, we cannot withstand two years and a half. Look at the other countries, look what happened in Libya, in Tunisia and in Egypt.
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Country Half Look Year
This war [in Syria] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September.
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People Support War
Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
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Confrontation Mean Worry
When you talk about Al-Qaeda it doesn’t matter if he’s Syrian or American or from Europe or from Asia or Africa.
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Country Matter Religion
Let’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.
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Indication Point Troops Use
I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
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Country Dies Everything Made
We can say, you can win the war only when you restore stability in Syria.
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Stability War Winning
Simply naming objectives isn’t sufficient for a vision. If I say that I’m going to build a large palace, but I don’t have any money to do so, then that is not a vision – it’s an illusion.
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Illusion Palaces Vision
I cannot afford to make mistakes.
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Afford Making Mistake
Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
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Country Harmony Interest
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.
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Creating Majority Support
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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Civilian Innocent Pay War
The armament of the government is legal armament. Any other armament is not legal.
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Armament Government Legal
I don’t believe the United States will be ready to join Russia in fighting terrorists in Syria.
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Believe Country Fighting Join
Think of the war against terrorism. In my view, Washington’s approach can be compared to a doctor constantly banging away at a tumor instead of removing it surgically.
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Doctors Thinking War
At the end, I said [chemical weapons] is something not to be discussed with anyone.
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Chemicals Ends Weapons

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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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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