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

I said we don't pin a lot of hopes of changing administrations [in U.S.] because that context has been going on for more than fifty years now, and that's expected. If they want to continue in the same position of the United States creating problems around the world, that's what they have to do: only interfering in the matters of other nations.

Of course, when Secretary-General is objective, he can play an important role in dealing with different officials in the United Nations in order to bring the policies of the different states - mainly Russia and the United States - toward more cooperation and more stability regarding Syria.

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.

From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country.

I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.

We have agreements with many countries including Iran, including Russia, including other countries that are about different things including armament. It's cooperation like any cooperation between any two countries, which is normal. It's not related to the crisis.