I wouldn't tell the President [Barack Obama] or any other official, because we are disappointed by their behavior recently, because we expected this administration to be different from Bush's administration. They are adopting the same doctrine with different accessories.
Bashar al-AssadAmerica must listen. It must listen to the interests of others. But the US government has no interest in similarities, no matter how obvious.
Bashar al-AssadWhenever you have a war, the civilians and the innocents will pay the price. That's in any war, any war is a bad war.
Bashar al-AssadWe can have national dialogue where different Syrian parties sit and discuss the future of Syria. You can have interim government or transitional government. Then you have final elections, parliamentary elections, and you're going to have presidential elections.
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