Abu Mohammad al-Julani, the head of military operations for Syrian opposition, said in an interview with CNN: The Assad regime is dead; we aim to establish a government based on a "people's council."

The Assad regime is dead; we are seeking to establish a government based on a "people's council."

No group has the right to eliminate another. Sects and ethnicities in this region have lived alongside each other for centuries and should not be eradicated.

Syria needs an institutional governance system, not one where decisions are based on individual desires.

We are talking about a larger project; building a new Syria.

People's personalities change with age; someone in their twenties is different from someone in their fifties; this is human nature.