On behalf of myself and the Syrian people, I express my deep gratitude to Germany. We will never forget how you opened the doors for more than a million Syrians when they were overwhelmed by poverty.

Syria represents an excellent opportunity for a European-Syrian partnership led by Germany and opens the bridge of communication, human heritage, culture, and trade.

Today, Syria returns to the world and Europe stronger and determined.

We condemn the Israeli attacks on Syrian territory, the violation of the 1974 agreement, the occupation of new territories, and we call on the international community to carry out its moral and legal responsibilities.

European countries are suffering from the current situation because the supply of energy from the Arabian Gulf has been cut to about 20% of the oil and gas exports and transport from the Arabian Gulf as well as the supply chains.

Syria is a safe haven for the supply chains through its strategic location and energy supplies through the Mediterranean.

This is linked through Syria to reach a safe and sound way to Europe quickly, and any disruption that may occur in the Red Sea or the Strait of Hormuz makes Syria a safe haven for it.

I will always make decisions that are in the national interest.

It’s why we aren’t getting dragged into the Middle East conflict, and why we are fighting to protect your living standards.

And while opposition parties have responded by dividing communities, we respond with hope and pride.

Pride in our communities, and the hope of a country that’s better for our children.

That’s what we’re fighting for.

There is a great danger to energy supplies and energy prices in the world, and also other potential dangers in the future, if this war develops and does not reach a point of agreement in a certain way.

The targets of the Gulf countries are clear; the Gulf countries did not enter this conflict automatically but were attacked by the Iranians.

We reiterate our condemnation of Iran’s attacks on the Arab Gulf states.

Iran must stop producing all the drones and missiles we’ve seen recently.

Israel's focus differs from ours, and they have their own goals.

We coordinate with Israel and work to avoid operational conflicts regarding our military movements.

President Trump has set a clear task, and we will achieve our goals in Iran within weeks.

NATO's response was disappointing, and President Trump will need to reconsider it once our operation ends.

It's regrettable that Spain is preventing us from using its airspace and refusing to allow us to use its military bases.

The situation regarding NATO is not good at all.

It's a situation that's hard to continue committing to.

There is no NATO without the United States, and everyone recognizes this fact.

There has been total regime change because the regimes of the past are gone and we’re dealing with a whole new set of people.

And thus far, they’ve been much more reasonable.

The other people are all dead.

Nobody’s heard from him. He’s very seriously injured.

We don’t know if he's alive. We think probably yes, but in extraordinarily bad shape.