We wouldn't have withstood for two years and a half. We would have disintegration of the army, disintegration of the whole institution in the state ; we would have disintegration of Syria if that was the case. It can't be tolerated in Syria. I'm talking about the normal reaction of the people. If it's not a national army, it cannot have the support, and if it doesn't have the public support of every sect, it cannot do its job and advance recently. It cannot. The army of the family doesn't make national war.

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

Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.

Conversely, it is correct to say that bringing about peace would be the best way to fight terror.

The first thing you have to learn is how to conduct dialogue and how to make it productive.

You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.

We are against any WMD, any weapons of mass destruction, whether chemical or nuclear.