We don't say that we don't have it, we're still secular in Syria, but with the time, this secularism will be eroded.

Talking about winning and losing is like if you're talking about two armies fighting on two territories, which is not the case. Those [terrorists] are gangs, coming from abroad, infiltrate inhabited areas, kill the people, take their houses, and shoot at the army. The army cannot do the same, and the army doesn't exist everywhere.

I think sadness prevails in Syria now. We don't feel anything else but sadness because we have this killing every day, whether with chemical or any other kind.

Using terrorism or jihadists or extremists for any political agenda is immoral.

In the initiative that we issued at the beginning of year 2013 we said every party with no exceptions as long as they give up their armaments.

You can't say "the people of Aleppo" because the majority of the people of Aleppo are living in the area under the control of the government, so you cannot talk about the people of Aleppo.

We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.