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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.

Bashar al-Assad

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Bashar al-Assad
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 11
Military Leader
Ophthalmologist
President Of Syria
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Sham city
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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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In reality, you cannot withstand for five years and more against all those countries, the West, and the Gulf states, the petrodollars, and all this propaganda, the strongest media corporations around the world, if you don't have the support of your own people. That's against the reality.
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The first thing you have to learn is how to conduct dialogue and how to make it productive.
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Iran doesn't have any soldier in Syria, so how could Iran help me ?
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Opposition is different from terrorism. Opposition is a political movement.
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