Civilians Quote by Bashar al-Assad

“Whenever you have a war, the civilians and the innocents will pay the price. That's in any war, any war is a bad war.” quote by Bashar al-Assad — Download Open image

“Whenever you have a war, the civilians and the innocents will pay the price. That's in any war, any war is a bad war.”

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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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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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