It's not exactly fair to make a mistake yourself and then start blaming others for it.

There is no such things as "Islamic terrorism," because terrorism differs from Islam. There's just terrorism, not Islamic terrorism. But the term "Islamic terrorism" has become widespread.

You hardly find any military base in distant areas from the [Syria] cities unless it's an airport or something like this, but most of the military bases or centers within inhabited areas.

I am president, I don't own the country so they are not my forces.

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

[ Jihadists] are going to be against you sooner or later.

The most important part of [Russian] support is the aerial support, which is very essential, they have very strong firepower, and at the same time they are the main supply of our army for more than sixty years, so our army depends on the Russian support in different military domains.