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

But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.

We're talking about one region, bigger regions, not only about Syria. This interlinked region, this intermingled, interlocked, whatever you want to call it ; if you strike somewhere, you have to expect the repercussions somewhere else in different forms in ways you don't expect.

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.

We never said that the majority [of the terrorists] are not Syrians, but we said that the minority is what they call "free Syrian army." That's what we said.

This is cooperation [with Hezbollah, Iran , from Russia], I don't know what you mean by support. We have cooperation with countries for decades. Why talk about this cooperation now ?