NEW MIDDLE EAST!!!

“Though of the many continued miseries resulting from this, several other facts   have also been the result; the most notable of which is the victory of the national resistance approach and its consecration within the depth of our Arab people conscience and identity, as well as the firm consecration of the will of life and liberty in the essence of the Arab conscience. This has  blocked the schemes of occupation and hegemony. This blocking ,however, does not mean the abandoning of aggressive trends by the owners of the New Middle East project. Thus, the door is open before all possibilities; which deems it necessary for all as to prepare the means, reinforce the ability, and get self-prepared for whatever consequences as to respond highly to the presented tasks.”

From H. E. ’s Word to the Syrian Army and Armed Forces,  (August 1, 2007)

“Syria, the Arab Region and the Middle East witness today another transitional point, which is perhaps of no less risks like other risks witnessed by the region through colonialist destructive projects of occupation aiming at the dismembering of our region, creating new Sykes-Picot . What we witness in our region generally is the struggle between the possibilities of these projects success or failure; to put it more clearly, it is the possibility of the failure of the new middle east project. So far, the results seem not to be in the interest of this project in light of the seen now to the East, where stands the resistant Iraq , to the west where the resistant Lebanon stands, to the south, where the resistant Palestinians stand; and here we are in Syria: not in the middle; but rather in the heart, the difference is very big between the middle and the heart regarding all these events.”

From H. E.’ s Speech to the Syrian Citizens in the Governorate of Deir Azzour, (April 30, 2007)

“I am glad to meet you in this new Middle East, new in the sense that we understand and the shape we want, although it is not complete yet.  It is new with the achievements of the Resistance; new in that it drew clear lines between the different forces; new in uncovering the games and conspiracies and lifting their masks and fake terminology in an unprecedented manner.  This is the new Middle East which Syria has been promoting again and again as the only hope for Arabs if they are to have a place under the sun in the political and material sense.  You all know that it was not easy for us to convince many people of our vision of the future.  We had to wait for the future to become the present and to speak for itself.  Today facts speak for themselves, not only as we imagined them in the past but in a clearer and more expressive manner.”

From HE’s Speech before the Journalists Union 4^th Conference, (August 15, 2006)

“That reality imposes what kind of a  Middle East , and there are millions of peoples in this reality in the Arab region and there are more than one billion in the Islamic region . The New Middle East will be as its sons want it and this will be determined  by the realities and not by the Syrian view point.”

From HE’s Dubai TV Interview, (August 24, 2006)

“They want a Middle East to be a world that complies without hesitation  with what they want such as a computer which you give data and in turn ,it gives you  results , that what they want.”

From HE’s Dubai TV Interview, (August 24, 2006)

“It was clear that there was a large American role in  the war as far as the decision of the war and the procrastination with regard to the cease-fire. Such a role serves the issue of the New Middle East , but the steadfastness of the resistance foiled this approach , and the reaction of the Arab street foiled this approach too , and will foil it in the future.”

From HE’s Dubai TV Interview, (August 24, 2006)

“I do not know what they mean by greater or smaller Mideast. What concerns us is whether any proposals contradict our interests or not. When I criticize a terminology, I do so because it comes from abroad. We are the party in the ME which has to define the terminology. It is our main concern to decide whether we call ourselves a greater, smaller or medium ME. What is important is that the content of the terminology should not contradict with our interests, our normal historic relations and our culture. As an accumulation of history, when culture is encroached upon, negative consequences will destabilize the region. Culture can not be separate from other elements."

From HE’s Turkish TV Interview, (December 28, 2005)

"Irrespective of the intention of those who propose such terminology, I think no one outside our region understands our interests more than we do. Proposals must be made by states of the region. In other words, and with respect to views of others, we can not make research centers decide our future. Our history, our interests and our direct relations as states of the region decide. “

From HE’s Turkish TV Interview, (December 28, 2005)