Every country has criminals who have to be fought. They can exist anywhere, including the government or the army - or outside the government and army..

If the American administration want to support Al-Qaeda - go ahead. That's what we have to tell them, go ahead and support Al-Qaeda, but don't talk a….

It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at ….

We can have national dialogue where different Syrian parties sit and discuss the future of Syria. You can have interim government or transitional gov….

In the end a lie is a lie..

We asked for a delegation [of the Red Cross] in March 2013 when the first attack happened in Aleppo in the north of Syria ; they delayed it till just….

We, in Syria, our point of view stems from our experience..

You can't say "the people of Aleppo" because the majority of the people of Aleppo are living in the area under the control of the government, so you ….

Opposition doesn't mean to take arms and kill people and destroy everything..

Opposition is different from terrorism. Opposition is a political movement..

Any American strike will not destroy as much as the terrorists have already destroyed in Syria ; sometimes the repercussions could be many doubles th….

You want me to believe American evidence and don't want me to believe the indications that we have. We live here, this is our reality..

On the border area with Lebanon where [Hezbollah forces] want to protect themselves and cooperate with us, but they don't exist all over Syria..

Nobody knows [who they are] because when [terrorists] are dead and they are killed, they don't have any ID..

The army is making good advancement on daily basis against the terrorists. Of course, they still have the support of Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and ….

In the eighties, we asked for international coalition against terrorism after the Muslim Brotherhood crisis in Syria when they started killing, of co….

The first thing you have to learn is how to conduct dialogue and how to make it productive..

We didn't say that 80% [of terrorists], for example, or the majority or the vast majority, are foreigners. We said the vast majority are Al-Qaeda or ….

It is difficult for anyone to tell you what is going to happen. [Middle East] is an area where everything is on the brink of explosion..

We've been living in difficult circumstances and we prepare ourselves for every possibility. But that doesn't mean if you're prepared things will be ….

That's the problem with the American position; they think that they are the police of the world..