I think the most important part of this now is, let's say the American people, but the polls show that the majority now don't want a war, anywhere, n….

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

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..

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

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 ….

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

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 ….

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….

Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East..

The captain doesn't think about death, or life, he thinks about saving his ship..

We have to be there to get the evidence like what happened in Aleppo when we had evidence. And because the United States didn't send the team, we sen….

As a state, as a government, in 2001 we proposed to the United Nations to empty or to get rid of every WMD in the Middle East, and the United States ….

You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind..

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

We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel..

We said [U.S] are going to be repercussions of the mistaken way of dealing with it, of treating the terrorism, but nobody expected 11th of September.….

In the end a lie is a lie..

Israel does not care about the international public opinion..

I would only give a prize to whoever works for the peace in Syria, first of all by stopping the terrorists from flowing towards Syria, only..

Peace in Syria is not only our priority; it's a Middle Eastern priority, and when the Middle East is stable, the rest of the world is stable, because….

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 ….