The worst loss for any country is not the infrastructure or the buildings or the material loss; actually, it's the human resources loss.
Bashar al-AssadFighting 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 - something that many officials in the West don't see or don't realize or don't acknowledge - and in the interest of the Russian people, because they have been facing terrorists for decades now.
Bashar al-AssadYou have different parties, different factions, you have different ideologies ; you have everything in Middle East region now.
Bashar al-AssadFreedom and democracy are nothing but instruments, just like stability. The goal is called progress and growth. Anyone who puts freedom ahead of stability is hurting growth.
Bashar al-Assad