ISIS filled the vacuum in Iraq and Syria created by a lack of effective governance. — Pete Hoekstra 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
I mean, all of these things that [Bashar Assad] has done, there's no way even if President Obama wanted to just play… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I met with many of - a number of [Syrian] refugees in Berlin the other day, and I was struck by how… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
The question's whether or not there's an American interest in the Civil War [in Syria]. The question is whether or not a… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
If we want to defeat Islamic State, we first have to arrive at a cease-fire agreement in Syria. Once that has been… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
Russia has a long-term interest in Syria. Israel by and large does not have an issue with those long-term interests that Russia… — Ron Dermer Copy Share Image
I look at what the president [Barack Obama] it doing, it adds up to me. We just have to keep - try… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world. It's their route to the sea. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Turkey's relations with its immediate neighbors are improving. They were pretty bad for a long time - with Syria they were abominable,… — Andrew Mango Copy Share Image
There's no way to resolve Syria without Iran being involved, given its financing of Assad and the fact that Hezbollah is probably… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Terrorists have been supported by tens of foreign countries, so Syria alone wouldn't be able to face this kind of war without… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
When you look at Syria, and you look at all the militant groups on the ground, there are many groups in Syria… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
The U.S. should never get involved where we have no clear national interest. We should not intervene militarily in a country like… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Israel is the number one rogue state threat to Middle Eastern peace with its nuclear arms and acts of outright aggression towards… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
In Great Britain, an author published a book in which he claimed that Jesus Christ had children. Such statements don't trigger civil… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
There is very little hope that the United States or anyone else can do much to stabilize Iraq, Libya, Syria or Egypt.… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Syria is bad enough, it's a pretty terrible atrocity. But there are much worse ones in the world. So for example, the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Russians don't want to fight ISIS in Syria. They want to leave that to us. Aside from that, I don't know what… — Michael McFaul Copy Share Image
“The blind faith in some half-assed conspiracy theories lines up with the logic of having to believe in something with no questions… — Asaad Almohammad Copy Share Image
Continuous wars - which we have now had since 2001 - starting with Afghanistan, continuing on to Iraq. And even since Iraq,… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
Russia isn't likely to have any more military success in Syria and Iraq than has the United States. — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
If Syria disintegrates, God forbid, the whole area will be under threat. — Haider al-Abadi Copy Share Image