You have to look at the reality in Syria. Whenever we liberate any city or village from the terrorists, the civilians will go back to the city, while they flee that city when the terrorists attack that area, the opposite. So, they flee, first of all, the war itself; they flee the area under the control of the terrorists, they flee the difficult situation because of the embargo by the West on Syria.
Bashar al-AssadUnder Syrian law, a journalist is not allowed to report on military matters. This may be wrong or right, but that's just the way it is.
Bashar al-AssadWe 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.
Bashar al-AssadThis is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be valuable next week.
Bashar al-Assad