The external support can never substitute internal support, the example that we have to look at very well is Egypt and Tunisia ; they have all the support from the West and from the Gulf and from most of the countries of the world. When they don't have support within their country, they couldn't continue more than - how many weeks ? - three weeks. So, the only reason we stand here for two years and a half is because we have internal support, public support.
Bashar al-AssadThe worst loss for any country is not the infrastructure or the buildings or the material loss; actually, it's the human resources loss.
Bashar al-AssadWe have to wait and see when Donald J. Trump embarks his new mission, let's say, or position within this administration as President.
Bashar al-AssadAs a state, as a government, in 2001 we proposed to the United Nations to empty or to get rid of every WMD in the Middle East, and the United States stood against that proposal. This is our conviction and policy.
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