I never rejected any responsibility, but that depends on the decision.

In the initiative that we issued at the beginning of year 2013 we said every party with no exceptions as long as they give up their armaments.

In any war, people will pay the price.

I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent.

Simply naming objectives isn't sufficient for a vision. If I say that I'm going to build a large palace, but I don't have any money to do so, then that is not a vision - it's an illusion.

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

Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East. That is why we are in contact with most of the problems forever, let us say, whether directly or indirectly.