The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy..

[A conflict of Sunni vs. Shia] is in the mind of the Saudis, and this is in the minds of the Wahabists. [The Iranians] actually what they are doing i….

The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is t….

You cannot have partition only on political bases or geographic bases. It should be social first of all when the communities do not live with each ot….

At the very beginning, it was fully political. When you have these terrorists, the first part of the same plan which is political should start with s….

Any external support, if you want to call it support, let's use this world, is... how to say... it's going to be additional, but it's not the base to….

Those fighters, the Syrian part that you're talking about, lost its natural incubators in the Syrian society - they don't have incubators anymore ; t….

But for us, in Syria, we have principles. We'll do anything to prevent the region from another crazy war. It's not only Syria. Because it will start ….

The sarin gas is a very primitive gas. You can have it done in the backyard of a house ; it's a very primitive gas. So, it's not something complicate….

No government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person..

First of all, when you have a doctor who cut the leg to prevent the patient from the gangrene if you have to, we don't call butcher ; you call him a ….

Think of the war against terrorism. In my view, Washington's approach can be compared to a doctor constantly banging away at a tumor instead of remov….

Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can't possibly claim that it was successful..

Fighting the terrorists in Syria is not only in the interest of Syria or the Syrian people; in the interest of the Middle East, of Europe itself - so….

Of course, when Secretary-General is objective, he can play an important role in dealing with different officials in the United Nations in order to b….

Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land cour….

In the war, you lose areas, but you recapture another area. So, it is difficult to tell whether you are losing or gaining or it was a standstill. No-….

My primary goal is to create prosperity..

Those who arrived on America's tanks are not credible in Iraq..

It's a dangerous thing when someone gets up in the morning and has nothing to eat..

From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country..