We feel pain for every Syrian victim.
BASHAR AL-ASSADEvery country has criminals who have to be fought. They can exist anywhere, including the government or the army – or outside the government and army.
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Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
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Opposition is different from terrorism. Opposition is a political movement.
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In the end a lie is a lie.
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When they don’t have support within their country, they couldn’t continue more than – how many weeks ? – three weeks. So, the only reason we stand here for two years and a half is because we have internal support, public support.
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We wouldn’t have withstood for two years and a half. We would have disintegration of the army, disintegration of the whole institution in the state.
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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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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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You want me to believe American evidence and don’t want me to believe the indications that we have. We live here, this is our reality.
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The fact that there are people who criticize me doesn’t mean that people hate me.
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We asked for a delegation [of the Red Cross] in March 2013 when the first attack happened in Aleppo in the north 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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We are facing an external attack against us, which is more dangerous than any other previous wars… We are dealing with those who are extremists, who only know the language of killing and criminality.
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Actually, he gave false evidence [of chemical weapons]. In this case,[John] Kerry didn’t even present any evidence. He talked “we have evidence” and he didn’t present anything. Not yet, nothing so far ; not a single shred of evidence.
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There can be no peace without unity.
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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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