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Circumstances don't matter, only my state of being matters. What state of being are you choosing?

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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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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Personally, I do not support the concept of suicide bombings. This is not part of our [syrian] culture. But whether you condemn them or not, suicide bombings are a reality.
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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.
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Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.
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[The Jews] tried to kill the principles of all religions with the same mentality in which they betrayed Jesus Christ and the same way they tried to betray and kill the Prophet Muhammad.
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The place where the interests of all parties come together is the international community, along with its resolutions.
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At the end, I said [chemical weapons] is something not to be discussed with anyone.
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The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq.
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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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If you are going to be a mediator or arbitrator you have to be in the middle between the two sides you cannot take sides only with one party.
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I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent.
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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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This is reality. If [the American officials] want to believe, that's good, that will help them understand the region and be more successful in their policies.
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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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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.
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History teaches us that nobody can prevent a resistance group from arming when it has the support of the people.
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There's a difference between a mistake or even a crime that's been committed by an individual, and between a policy of crime that's been implemented or adopted by a government.
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The other thing we did as government is to open gates for the civilians to leave that [ eastern part] area [in Aleppo], and at the same time for the humanitarian convoys and help to go through those gates inside that part of Aleppo, but the terrorists publicly refused any solution, so they wanted to keep the situation as it is.
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It's our right to defend our country against any kind of invasion.
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The most important part of [Russian] support is the aerial support, which is very essential, they have very strong firepower, and at the same time they are the main supply of our army for more than sixty years, so our army depends on the Russian support in different military domains.
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