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.

You said treaties, and a Russian official said ; we have not agreement... contracts, that we have to fulfill, and those contracts are like any country ; you buy armaments, you buy anything you want.

When you have terrorists, you don't throw at them balloons or you don't use rubber sticks, for example. You have to use armaments.

You should expect everything. Not necessarily through the government, the governments are not the only player in [Middle East] region.

"Winning" is a subjective word, but we are making advancement. This is the correct word, because winning for some people is when you finish completely.

A bomb is a bomb, what's the difference between different kinds of bombs? All bombs are to kill, but it's about how to use it.

If you want to kill the Syrian people, who's going to support us as a government, as officials? No one.