Both Iraq and Syria are a fissile mixture of ethnicities and religions thrown together after Versailles by departing French and British imperialists… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
I would think Trump would feel free to bomb Syria any time he wanted. Nobody clearly seems to care very much about… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
Vladimir Putin is a human rights abuser, responsible for deaths in Ukraine, Georgia and Syria, not to mention curious murders of his… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, my mother lived in the posh downtown of Homs, Syria. She described my grandfather as a king in… — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
If we speak calmly, in a businesslike fashion, let me draw your attention to the fact that Russia supplies arms to the… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Trump has long said he favors a 'safe zone' in Syria to prevent Basher al Assad's regime from carrying out indiscriminate airstrikes… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
The other thing I said is the great irony is you will be back fighting against your own weapons. Had [Bashar] Assad… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
We worry a lot about ISIS traveling overseas from Syria to the United States, but I think one of the greatest fears… — Michael McCaul Copy Share Image
The military progress both in Syria and in Iraq has been remarkable since President Donald Trump's inauguration. We have continued to liberate… — Rex W. Tillerson Copy Share Image
As for that footage, video footage showing the dead children allegedly killed in the chemical attack, it is horrible. The question is… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
People talk about [Bashar] Assad running Syria. He doesn't control his own country. He's down to about 20, 25 percent of the… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Syria is a civil war. Syria began as a popular uprising, just like the other experiences in the Arab Spring, with a… — Susan Rice Copy Share Image
I don't expect that the president-elect [Donald Trump] will follow exactly our blueprint or our approach, but my hope is that he… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have a deal. And so there's movement towards a peace agreement, you know, a peace accord, a cease-fire, which is great.… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
US opposition to Russia and China has entailed sanctions against Russia, and Russia in turn has made counter-sanctions against Europe. So Europe… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
The Russians haven't helped us at all in the fight against ISIS. When you total up the numbers of sorties that have… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
My understanding, I was not standing nearby, but my understanding is that President Xi Jinping said, "Well, no one should kill children."… — Rex W. Tillerson Copy Share Image
The source of the problem is in Syria. Raqqa is the headquarters of ISIL, which is a lethal terrorist organization, now army.… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I think sadness prevails in Syria now. We don't feel anything else but sadness because we have this killing every day, whether… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
I think there are hard-liners inside of Iran that think it is the right thing to do to oppose us, to seek… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've seen what happened in Libya, what a disaster that's been driven by Hillary Clinton, and the disaster in Syria and almost… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
The problem in Syria, I think, is that when there is so much violence, there is not only very little chance to… — Nigel Gibson Copy Share Image
We should focus more on the things we've accomplished, but I mean, obviously Syria disturbs me greatly and I'm not happy with… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I profoundly do not believe that the United States could make things better in Syria by being there. And we have an… — Ben Rhodes Copy Share Image
Should we choose to extend our airstrikes into Syria, we will be doing this in the collective self-defence of Iraq. We would… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
I am sympathetic to the fact that Turkey is doing everything it can to prevent the civil war in Syria from spilling… — Thomas de Maiziere Copy Share Image
Certain Gulf Arabs support proxy jihadist Sunni groups such as al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, while Iran supports Shia militant forces such… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Each country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Israel has WMD, and it has to sign [chemical warfare agreement], and Israel is occupying our land, so that's we talked about… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We've got a very difficult situation created by this embrace of the so-called Arab Spring. And that's not getting better. It's getting… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before… — Golda Meir Copy Share Image
The Trump administration launched the cruise missile strikes in Syria, an act of war, without a U.N. resolution or Congressional authorization. — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
“She was somehow this damaged creature I had fortuitously encountered along my path and now cared about as a result. Granted, I… — Zack Love Copy Share Image
Why should you use a term [rebels] in the United States and England and maybe other countries and use another term in… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Chris Christie who proposes accepting Syrian refugee orphans under the age of 5 because they may not be vetted well enough. You… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
With respect to Syria, we are going to continue to work as we have over the last five, six years to push… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is clear that there would nothing a U.N. Security Council resolution that condemned Syria because Syria is Russia's ally, and Russia… — Kimberly Zisk Marten Copy Share Image
I mean, of course that's a theoretical question, and we don't know what it would be for, and we don't know how… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Al-Qaeda has one ideology and they go back to the same leadership in Afghanistan or in Syria or in Iraq. That's the… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
My administration is going to stop the tens of thousands of people coming in from Syria. We have no idea who they… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
![“The other thing I said is the great irony is you will be back fighting against your own weapons. Had [Bashar] Assad been bombed when he used chemical weapons two years ago, ISIS would be in charge of all of Syria now.” quote by Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6ca/rand-paul-606_assad_the-other-thing-i-said-is-the-great-iron_1664725.jpg)
![“People talk about [Bashar] Assad running Syria. He doesn't control his own country. He's down to about 20, 25 percent of the country. What is this fiction that he is somehow the only person who can save Syria? There's - with Assad there, there is no Syria. So that's what the Iranians and the…” quote by John F. Kerry](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f3d/john-f-kerry-996_assad_people-talk-about-bashar-assad-running-s_24339.png)
![“I don't expect that the president-elect [Donald Trump] will follow exactly our blueprint or our approach, but my hope is that he does not simply take a real-politic approach and suggest that, you know, if we just cut some deals with Russia, even if it hurts people or even if it violates…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b48/barack-obama-17_approach_i-don-t-expect-that-the-president-elect_3212297.jpg)
![“We have a deal. And so there's movement towards a peace agreement, you know, a peace accord, a cease-fire, which is great. That's fabulous. It's unfortunate that we're also bombing Syria together [with Russians], and in my view we need - what we need to do together is create a weapons embargo…” quote by Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8de/jill-stein-660_accord_we-have-a-deal-and-so-there-s-movement-t_2000374.jpg)
![“Israel has WMD, and it has to sign [chemical warfare agreement], and Israel is occupying our land, so that's we talked about the Middle East, not Syria, not Israel ; it should be comprehensive.” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5a5/bashar-al-assad-1027_agreement_israel-has-wmd-and-it-has-to-sign-chemic_1571935.jpg)
![“Why should you use a term [rebels] in the United States and England and maybe other countries and use another term in Syria ? This is a double standard that we don't accept.” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/96c/bashar-al-assad-1027_accepting_why-should-you-use-a-term-rebels-in-the_1259847.jpg)
