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.

The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.

The army is making good advancement on daily basis against the terrorists. Of course, they still have the support of Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and some Western countries including the United States, but the only option that we have in that regard is to win.

The only one who can fight for these values like democracy and freedoms are the people of any country or any society, not the foreigners.

Our soldiers in another area were attacked chemically. Our soldiers - they went to the hospital as casualties because of chemical weapons, but in the area where they said the government used chemical weapons, we only had video and we only have pictures and allegations. We're not there ; our forces, our police, our institutions don't exist there. How can you talk about what happened if you don't have evidence ?

That the rebels or the terrorists used the chemical weapons in northern Aleppo five months ago [in 2013].

You have different parties, different factions, you have different ideologies ; you have everything in Middle East region now.