My decision was, and the decision of the different institutions, and the decision of the different officials in Syria - I'm on top of them - was to have dialogue, to fight terrorists, and to reform as a response at the very beginning, response to the allegations, let's say, at that time, that they needed reform in Syria, we responded.

It's our right to defend our country against any kind of invasion.

[It is important] to have stability and to have security, which means humanitarian equals fighting terrorists. You cannot talk about humanitarian aid and supporting the terrorists at the same time. You cannot, you have to choose.

This is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be valuable next week.

It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.

The worst loss for any country is not the infrastructure or the buildings or the material loss; actually, it's the human resources loss.

Let's presume that a country or army has this weapon ; this kind of armaments cannot be used by infantry for example or by anyone. This kind of armament should be used by specialized units, so it cannot be in the hand of anyone.