I don't believe in war, I believe in the principle of deterrence.

[Hezbollah, Iran, and Russia] are here because they could offer very essential and important help, because the situation that we are facing now is not only about a few terrorists from within Syria; it's like international war against Syria.

We have to wait and see when Donald J. Trump embarks his new mission, let's say, or position within this administration as President.

[ Jihadists] are going to be against you sooner or later.

The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.

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.

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.