There's a video on YouTube where the terrorists clearly make trials [of chemical weapons] on a rabbit and kill the rabbit and said "this is how we're going to kill the Syrian people." Bashar al-Assad More Quotes by Bashar al-Assad More Quotes From Bashar al-Assad Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist. Bashar al-Assad israeli-occupation lebanon eugenics This is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be valuable next week. Bashar al-Assad middle-east something-new next-week That's the problem with the American position; they think that they are the police of the world. Bashar al-Assad police world thinking Using terrorism or jihadists or extremists for any political agenda is immoral. Bashar al-Assad agendas terrorism political [Barack] Obama can draw lines for himself and his country, not for other countries. We have our red lines, like our sovereignty, our independence, while if you want to talk about world red lines, the United States used depleted uranium in Iraq, Israel used white phosphorus in Gaza, and nobody said anything. What about the red lines ? We don't see red lines. It's political red lines. Bashar al-Assad iraq israel country Whether [Turkey] is a NATO country or not, it doesn't have the right to invade any other country according to the international law or to any other moral value. Bashar al-Assad turkeys law country Tayyip Erdoğan is megalomaniac President, he is not stable. He lives during the Ottoman era, he doesn't live in the current time. He's out of touch with the reality. Bashar al-Assad eras president reality Hezbollah fighters are on the borders with Lebanon where the terrorists attacked them. On the borders with Lebanon, this is where Hezbollah retaliated, and this is where we have cooperation, and that's good. Bashar al-Assad hezbollah lebanon borders In the initiative that we issued at the beginning of year 2013 we said every party with no exceptions as long as they give up their armaments. Bashar al-Assad giving-up party years [United States] are sovereign country, they are an independent country, but this is their limit; they don't have to interfere in any other country. Because of this interference for the last fifty years, that's why they are very good only in creating problems, not in solving problems. That's the problem with the American role. Bashar al-Assad independent country years [ Jihadists] are going to be against you sooner or later. Bashar al-Assad sooner-or-later I would say I need two things: the first one is to be objective in every statement he could make regarding any conflict around the world, including Syria. The second one is not to turn Secretary-General office into a part or branch of the State Department of the United States. Bashar al-Assad office two firsts We didn't say that 80% [of terrorists], for example, or the majority or the vast majority, are foreigners. We said the vast majority are Al-Qaeda or Al-Qaeda offshoot organizations in this region. Bashar al-Assad majority organization example Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one. Bashar al-Assad fabric diversity social You want me to believe American evidence and don't want me to believe the indications that we have. We live here, this is our reality. Bashar al-Assad want believe reality Regarding fighting terrorism, we are ready to cooperate with anyone in this world with no conditions. That's crux of our policy, not today, not yesterday; for years, even before the war on Syria, we always said that. Bashar al-Assad fighting war years We asked for a delegation [of the Red Cross] in March 2013 when the first attack happened in Aleppo in the north of Syria ; they delayed it till just a few days before al-Ghouta when they sent those team, and the team itself said in its report that he did everything as he wanted. There was not a single obstacle. Bashar al-Assad red als team In reality, you cannot withstand for five years and more against all those countries, the West, and the Gulf states, the petrodollars, and all this propaganda, the strongest media corporations around the world, if you don't have the support of your own people. That's against the reality. Bashar al-Assad media country reality There is no good war. Bashar al-Assad good-war war 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. Bashar al-Assad successful believe reality