When you’re in the middle of a storm, leaving your country just because you have to leave without any reasonable reason, it means you’re quitting your country and this is treason.
You said treaties, and a Russian official said ; we have not agreement… contracts, that we have to fulfill, and those contracts are like any country ; you buy armaments, you buy anything you want.
We’re not like the American administration, we’re not social media administration or government. We are a government that deals with reality. When we have evidence, we’ll announce it.
Israel has WMD, and it has to sign [chemical warfare agreement], and Israel is occupying our land, so that’s we talked about the Middle East, not Syria, not Israel ; it should be comprehensive.
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.
[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.
First of all, when you have a doctor who cut the leg to prevent the patient from the gangrene if you have to, we don’t call butcher ; you call him a doctor, and thank you for saving the lives.
[Chemical weapons] isn’t about what the United States believe in, it’s about the reality that we have, and this reality, we own it, we don’t have to discuss it.
The United States accused Syria, and because you accused you have to bring evidence [of chemical weapons], this first of all. We have to find evidences when we are there.
We 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.
But for us, in Syria, we have principles. We’ll do anything to prevent the region from another crazy war. It’s not only Syria. Because it will start in Syria.
It’s very simple ; once the Western countries stop supporting those terrorists and making pressure on their puppet countries and client states like Saudi Arabia and Turkey and others, you’ll have no problem in Syria. It will be solved easily.
We have hopes that we can see rational American presidents; fair, obey the international law, deal with other countries according to mutual respect, parity, etc., but we all know that this is only wishful thinking and fantasy.
![Bashar al-Assad Quote - In Aleppo we had the missile itself, and the material, and the sample from the sand, from the soil, and samples from the blood [of chemical weapons].](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/in-aleppo-we-had-the-missile-itself-and-the-materi.jpg)
![Bashar al-Assad Quote - Israel has WMD, and it has to sign [chemical warfare agreement], and Israel is occupying our land, so that’s we talked about the Middle East, not Syria, not Israel ; it should be comprehensive.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/israel-has-wmd-and-it-has-to-sign-chemical-warfare.jpg)
![Bashar al-Assad Quote - [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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/it-is-important-to-have-stability-and-to-have-secu-683x1024.jpg)
![Bashar al-Assad Quote - [Chemical weapons] isn’t about what the United States believe in, it’s about the reality that we have, and this reality, we own it, we don’t have to discuss it.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/chemical-weapons-isnt-about-what-the-united-states-683x1024.jpg)
![Bashar al-Assad Quote - The United States accused Syria, and because you accused you have to bring evidence [of chemical weapons], this first of all. We have to find evidences when we are there.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/the-united-states-accused-syria-and-because-you-ac-683x1024.jpg)
![Bashar al-Assad Quote - We 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/we-dont-discuss-this-issue-conversations-with-russ-683x1024.jpg)
![Bashar al-Assad Quote - This war [in Syria] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/this-war-in-syria-is-going-to-support-al-qaeda-and-683x1024.jpg)
