If you want to be transparent with your people, do not do anything cosmetic, whether to deceive your people or to get some applaud from the West.

Before the 11th of September, in my discussions with many officials of the United States, some of them are Congressmen, I used to say that "don't deal with terrorists as playing games." It's a different story. You're going to pay the price if you're not wise in dealing with terrorists.

I believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.

When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country.

Any cooperation that doesn't go through the Syrian government is not legal. If it's not legal, we cannot cooperate with, and we don't recognize and we don't accept.

Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine.

We can say, you can win the war only when you restore stability in Syria.