Robert Fisk

It's a journalist's job to be a witness to history. We're not there to worry about ourselves. We're there to try and get as near as we can, in an imperfect world, to the truth and get the truth out.

In one way, I fear all Damascus is a dungeon. Or do you have to live here to appreciate that?

And it's true, you hear things in Damascus and, after a few hours, the human double-take stops operating.

It is always an eerie experience to sit among Bashar al-Assad's soldiers.

Wherever I went, crowds appeared again, and I started making solo albums for the first time in my career.

Before I die, I will preach to the Muslims in the Arab world. I will preach in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. I will preach in Tehran. I will do it under the umbrella of God. And see its impact.