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Any cooperation that doesn't go through the Syrian government is not legal. If it's not legal, we cannot cooperate with, and we don't recognize and we don't accept.
Bashar al-Assad
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Bashar al-Assad
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 11
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