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 sent the evidence to the Russians.

I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.

Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.

It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it.

It started partly as a sectarian war in some areas, but now it's not, because when you talk about sectarian war or religious war, you should have a very clear line between the sects and religions in Syria according to the geography and the demography in Syria, something we don't have.

There is no good war.

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