If there is any change regarding that hope, we should ask the Syrian people, not anyone else in the world.

If you want to talk about mistakes, every country has mistakes, every government has mistakes, every person has mistakes. When you have a war, you have more mistakes. That's the natural thing.

Talking about winning and losing is like if you're talking about two armies fighting on two territories, which is not the case. Those [terrorists] are gangs, coming from abroad, infiltrate inhabited areas, kill the people, take their houses, and shoot at the army. The army cannot do the same, and the army doesn't exist everywhere.

When you're in the middle of a storm, leaving your country just because you have to leave without any reasonable reason, it means you're quitting your country and this is treason.

The armament of the government is legal armament. Any other armament is not legal.

Even a president makes mistakes.

We are very cautious in judging [Donald Trump], especially as he wasn't in a political position before.