"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.

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

There's a difference between responsibility of the policy and responsibility of the practice. In any practice, you have malpractice, that's another issue. When you talk about state and President, you always talk about the decisions and the policy.

We have agreements with many countries including Iran, including Russia, including other countries that are about different things including armament. It's cooperation like any cooperation between any two countries, which is normal. It's not related to the crisis.

The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq.

I don't believe in war, I believe in the principle of deterrence.

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 bring the policies of the different states - mainly Russia and the United States - toward more cooperation and more stability regarding Syria.