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My country and me, we are part of this region, we're not separated. We cannot discuss it as Syria or as me it should be as part, as a whole, as comprehensive. That's how we have to look at it.

Bashar al-Assad

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Bashar al-Assad
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 11
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My decision was, and the decision of the different institutions, and the decision of the different officials in Syria - I'm on top of them - was to have dialogue, to fight terrorists, and to reform as a response at the very beginning, response to the allegations, let's say, at that time, that they needed reform in Syria, we responded.
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It's our right to defend our country against any kind of invasion.
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We are very cautious in judging [Donald Trump], especially as he wasn't in a political position before.
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Think of the war against terrorism. In my view, Washington's approach can be compared to a doctor constantly banging away at a tumor instead of removing it surgically.
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We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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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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Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.
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The part in Aleppo, what [people] call it the eastern part, is occupied by the terrorists for the last three years, and they have been using the civilians as human shields.
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It started partly as a sectarian war in some areas, but now it's not, because when you talk about sectarian war or religious war, you should have a very clear line between the sects and religions in Syria according to the geography and the demography in Syria, something we don't have.
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We've been dealing with this kind of terrorism since the fifties, since the Muslim Brotherhood came to Syria at that time.
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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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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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Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously.
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Any strike will be as direct support to Al-Qaeda offshoot that's called Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. You're right about this. It's going to be direct support.
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I've never heard of soft war.There's no soft war. War is war. Any war is ruthless. When you fight terrorists, you fight them like any other war.
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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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