Foreigners cannot bring freedom, cannot bring democracy, because this is related to the culture, to the different factors that affect or influence that society. You cannot bring it, you cannot import it.

In the war, you lose areas, but you recapture another area. So, it is difficult to tell whether you are losing or gaining or it was a standstill. No-one has this answer.

The army is making good advancement on daily basis against the terrorists. Of course, they still have the support of Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and some Western countries including the United States, but the only option that we have in that regard is to win.

It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.

We're talking about the responsibility, my responsibility according to the Syrian constitution that said we have to defend ourselves.

None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel.

Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can't possibly claim that it was successful.