Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can’t possibly claim that it was successful.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWhen 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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From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country.
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They delayed it till just a few days before al-Ghouta when they sent those team, and the team itself said in its report that he did everything as he wanted. There was not a single obstacle.
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That the rebels or the terrorists used the chemical weapons in northern Aleppo five months ago [in 2013].
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Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
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We’re talking about the responsibility, my responsibility according to the Syrian constitution that said we have to defend ourselves.
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America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.
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We don’t discuss this issue [ chemical weapons ] in public because we never said that we have it, and we never said that we don’t have it. It’s a Syrian issue ; it’s a military issue we never discuss in public with anyone.
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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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Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
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You look at [terrorists] faces, they look foreigners, but where are they coming from ? How precise this estimate is difficult to tell, but definitely the majority are Al-Qaeda.
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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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We are fully free, not partially, fully free, in everything related to the future of Syria.
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Before the 11th of September, in my discussions with many officials of the United States, some of them are Congressmen, I used to say that “don’t deal with terrorists as playing games.” It’s a different story. You’re going to pay the price if you’re not wise in dealing with terrorists.
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As we see now the American officials, they say something in the morning and they do the opposite in the evening. So, you cannot judge those people according to what they say. You cannot take them at their words, to be frank.
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I cannot afford to make mistakes.
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