There is no one else at all who is fighting ISIS on the ground, except for President al-Assad's army. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Part of the problem that we have currently in the Middle East is that[Bashar] Assad has hung on to power with the… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I think that if you believe in regime change, you're mistaken. In 2013, we put 600 tons of weapons - us, Saudi… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
There seems to be a passive alliance between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump and that's unprecedented in its form and dangerous in… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
On Syria, it's clear that the indiscriminate attacks on civilians by the [Bashar] Assad regime and Russia will only worsen the humanitarian… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't think that the United States has the bulk of the responsibility. I really put that on Bashar Assad and on… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I don't understand this thing about [Bashar] Assad. He has to go. Assad is aligned with Iran and Russia. The one thing… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
“Time travel is one of Assad's major achievements, the problem is he only perfected it one way: backward.” — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
Bashar al-Assad and those who still stand by him are now responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 in Syria. — Susan Rice Copy Share Image
This comes from a group of people who`ve been wrong about every foreign policy issue over the last two decades. They supported… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think we can all agree [Bashar] Assad is a bad and evil actor, but I'm not so sure that we want… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
No one except for al-Assad's army is fighting against ISIS or other terrorist organisations in Syria, no one else is fighting them… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Putin has succeeded in many ways in making Russia an essential player there. He seems to have stabilized the Assad regime. And… — Corey Flintoff Copy Share Image
We have Islamic rebels [in Syria] who've been eating the hearts or organs of their enemies. We have priests that have been… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Hany Abu-Assad was sitting next to me, and his film 'Paradise Now' had won the Golden Globe. He said to me at… — Gavin Hood Copy Share Image
In an odd way, we have really destroyed two of our strongest allies against the Islamists. Saddam Hussein, and we've probably fatally… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
We need to focus on destroying ISIL, but we shouldn't be the ones declaring that [Bashir] Assad must go. — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
The one way, possibly, out of this is for [Bashar] Assad to abdicate and plead, perhaps to Russia or somewhere else. Would… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
It is clear that the American people are weary of war. However, Assad gassing his own people is an issue of our… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
We have always said there are two ways to resolve Syria, and both will end up with the same result: a Syria… — Adel al-Jubeir Copy Share Image
The word 'democracy' and the name of Assad do not blend very well in much of Syria. — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
The Russians appear to be - appear to be in conjunction with the Turks, as well as the Iranians, appear to be… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Luckily for [Barack] Obama, the Russians came along and rescued him with this proposal [to confiscate Assad's chemical weapons] which he quickly… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I'll tell what reckless is. What reckless is is calling [Bashar] Assad a reformer. What reckless is allowing Russia to come into… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image