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“Our democracy should reflect our culture and our habits and our customs and our reality at the same time.” quote by Bashar al-Assad — Download Open image

“Our democracy should reflect our culture and our habits and our customs and our reality at the same time.”

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Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that…

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I never rejected any responsibility, but that depends on the decision.

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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…

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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…

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This war [in Syria] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September. The second thing that we want to tell Congress, that they should ask and that what we expect them to ask this administration about the evidence that they have regarding the chemical story and allegations that they presented.

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Freedom and democracy are nothing but instruments, just like stability. The goal is called progress and growth. Anyone who puts freedom ahead of stability…

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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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[Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell.

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The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.

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The first question that I ask : do I have public support or not. That is the first question that I asked as President. If I don't have the public support, whether there's the so-called "Arab spring" - it's not spring, anyway - but whether we have this or we don't, if you don't have public support, you have to…

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The criteria or the paradigm for us is not the West, not the Western paradigm, because the West has its own culture, we have…

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[It is important] to have stability and to have security, which means humanitarian equals fighting terrorists. You cannot talk about humanitarian aid and supporting…

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