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

You look at [terrorists] faces, they look foreigners, but where are they coming from ? How precise this estimate is difficult to tell, but definitely the majority are Al-Qaeda.

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

Opposition doesn't mean to take arms and kill people and destroy everything.

We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.

We asked for a delegation [of the Red Cross] in March 2013 when the first attack happened in Aleppo in the north of Syria ; they delayed it till just a few days before al-Ghouta when they sent those team, and the team itself said in its report that he did everything as he wanted. There was not a single obstacle.

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