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Armies are not only for offensives.

Bashar al-Assad

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Bashar al-Assad
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 11
Military Leader
Ophthalmologist
President Of Syria
Statesperson
Sham city
Assad
Armies
Offensive
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According to what we've been seeing recently in the area where the terrorists control, where they ban people from going to schools, ban young men from shaving their beards, and women have to be covered from head to toe, and let's say in brief they live the Taliban style in Afghanistan, completely the same style.
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I would only give a prize to whoever works for the peace in Syria, first of all by stopping the terrorists from flowing towards Syria, only.
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They want to criticize you, let them criticize and do not worry. Just be transparent with your people and tell them this is the reality.
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Those who arrived on America's tanks are not credible in Iraq.
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Whatever the American officials said about the conflicts in Syria in general has no credibility. Whatever they say, it's just lies and, let's say, bubbles, has no foundation on the ground.
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The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.
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We're not in the area where the alleged chemical attack happened. I said alleged. We're not sure that anything happened.
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You can't say the people of Aleppo because the majority of the people of Aleppo are living in the area under the control of the government, so you cannot talk about the people of Aleppo.
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The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to make it.
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Every friend of Syria is looking for peaceful solution, and we are convinced about that. We have this advice, and without this advice we are convinced about it.
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Winning is a subjective word, but we are making advancement. This is the correct word, because winning for some people is when you finish completely.
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We are the fault line if you don't deal with this fault line, you're going to have an earthquake, that's what we always said.
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Every 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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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.
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Hezbollah fighters are on the borders with Lebanon where the terrorists attacked them. On the borders with Lebanon, this is where Hezbollah retaliated, and this is where we have cooperation, and that's good.
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[American's government] thinking they are the judge of the world they're not.
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The United States' credibility is at an all-time low. So, this war is against the interest of the Untied States.
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The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
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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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Of course, when Secretary-General is objective, he can play an important role in dealing with different officials in the United Nations in order to bring the policies of the different states - mainly Russia and the United States - toward more cooperation and more stability regarding Syria.
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