The United States accused Syria, and because you accused you have to bring evidence [of chemical weapons], this first of all. We have to find evidences when we are there.
Bashar al-AssadI have to be very clear and very honest. I'm not asking [ the American officials] to believe if they don't want to believe. This is reality, I'm telling you the reality from our country. We live here, we know what is happening, and they have to listen to people here. They cannot listen only to their media or to their research centers. They don't live here ; no one lives here but us.
Bashar al-AssadThe United States' credibility is at an all-time low. So, this war is against the interest of the Untied States.
Bashar al-AssadI will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent.
Bashar al-AssadThat's the problem with the American position; they think that they are the police of the world.
Bashar al-AssadTo have or not to have [chemical weapons] is a possibility, but to depend on what media says is nonsense, or to depend on some of the reports of the intelligence is nonsense and that was proven when they invaded Iraq ten years ago and they said "Iraq has stockpiles of WMD" and it was proven after the invasion that this was false ; it was fraud. So, we can't depend on what one magazine wrote.
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