Russia is very important, Iran is very important, Hezbollah is very important. All of them are important. Each one made important achievements against the terrorists in Syria, so it's difficult to say who is more important than the other.

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

You have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue. When there is divergence between your policy and the people's beliefs and interests, you will have this vacuum that creates disturbance.

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

When you talk about humanitarian, it doesn't only mean to offer the people the help, the food, their necessary needs for their life. The first thing, if you ask the Syrian refugees, for example, the first thing they want is to go back to their country.

The worst loss for any country is not the infrastructure or the buildings or the material loss; actually, it's the human resources loss.

We cannot use jihadists because it's like shooting yourself in the foot.