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Quotes

Every verified statement attributed to a politician or party in the dataset. Each carries a year, the context, and at least one source citation. The same corpus drives the Who-said-it game and the "On the record" sections on entity pages.

  • We restructured civil and military institutions, dissolving all previous formations under the principle of ensuring weapons remain solely in the hands of the state.
    أعدنا هيكلة المؤسسات المدنية والعسكرية، وحلّ جميع التشكيلات السابقة وفق مبدأ أن يكون السلاح حصراً بيد الدولة.
    SY flag Ahmad al-Sharaa · 2025 Sharaa announcing the dissolution of HTS itself — the rebel formation that brought him to power — as part of the state-monopoly-on-arms doctrine. 80th UNGA, Sep 2025. Sources: gadebate.un.org Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■■■□
  • Syria is reclaiming its rightful place among the nations of the world.
    سوريا تستعيد مكانتها الحقيقية بين أمم العالم.
    SY flag Ahmad al-Sharaa · 2025 Sharaa, the first Syrian president to address the UN General Assembly in nearly 60 years, declaring the post-Assad doctrinal pivot. 24 September 2025. Sources: gadebate.un.org Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■■□□
  • A new history, my brothers, is being written today in the entire region.
    يا إخواني، تاريخ جديد يكتب اليوم في المنطقة بأسرها.
    SY flag Ahmad al-Sharaa · 2024 Victory address at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on the day Bashar al-Assad's government fell after a twelve-day rebel offensive — the first public statement from the incoming transitional leadership. Sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■□□□
  • I am a Syrian, I'm made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
    SY flag Bashar al-Assad · 2013 2013 BBC interview with Jeremy Bowen during the Syrian civil war. Pushback against international pressure for him to step down or accept exile. Sources: en.wikipedia.org · britannica.com Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■□□□
  • Syria is not Tunisia, Egypt or Yemen.
    سوريا ليست تونس ولا مصر ولا اليمن.
    SY flag Bashar al-Assad · 2011 Address to the Syrian parliament dismissing the Arab Spring as a foreign conspiracy and rejecting protester demands — the rhetorical moment that signalled the regime would not concede. Sources: nytimes.com · en.wikipedia.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■□□□

The verification bar for inclusion is the same one the Who-said-it game uses: only rows with verification_status other than unverified show up here — each quote carries at least one source citation and a review pass before it appears.