The first question that I ask : do I have public support or not. That is the first question that I asked as President. If I don't have the public support, whether there's the so-called "Arab spring" - it's not spring, anyway - but whether we have this or we don't, if you don't have public support, you have to quit, you have to leave. If you have public support, in any circumstances you have to stay. That's your mission, you have to help the people, you have to serve the people.

The United States' credibility is at an all-time low. So, this war is against the interest of the Untied States.

We feel pain for every Syrian victim.

Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.

That's all before the crisis. We always have this kind of cooperation with Iran [Supplies, weaponry].

You cannot talk about winning the war as long as there's killing and destruction on daily basis.

The fact that there are people who criticize me doesn't mean that people hate me.