From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country.

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

For Turkey, they think that if the Muslim Brotherhood take over the rest of the region, they will be very comfortable, they will be very happy, they will make sure that their political future is guaranteed.

Whether you call it terrorism or resistance, and whether you like Hamas or not, it is a political entity that no one can ignore.

But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.

We don't say that we don't have it, we're still secular in Syria, but with the time, this secularism will be eroded.

You hardly find any military base in distant areas from the [Syria] cities unless it's an airport or something like this, but most of the military bases or centers within inhabited areas.