I don't believe the United States will be ready to join Russia in fighting terrorists in Syria.

No government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person.

This is reality. If [the American officials] want to believe, that's good, that will help them understand the region and be more successful in their policies.

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.

Peace in Syria is not only our priority; it's a Middle Eastern priority, and when the Middle East is stable, the rest of the world is stable, because the Middle East is the heart of the world geographically and geopolitically, and Syria is the heart of the Middle East geographically and geopolitically.

Those fighters, the Syrian part that you're talking about, lost its natural incubators in the Syrian society - they don't have incubators anymore ; that's why they have incubators abroad. They need money from abroad, they need moral support and political support from abroad. They don't have any grassroots, any incubator. So, when you stop the smuggling, we don't have problems.

The armament of the government is legal armament. Any other armament is not legal.