“This Syrian circus/crisis we are going through is hilarious... It’s like watching some thug killing another person and asking him for his… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
Lebanon is a Syrian protectorate. The Lebanese dare not do anything without the approval of Damascus. — Yitzhak Rabin Copy Share Image
Extreme Islam is not just an Iraqi or Syrian problem. It is a problem for the Western and industrialized world, too. — Haim Saban Copy Share Image
Bashar al-Assad's henchmen stomped on the hands of famed Syrian cartoonist Ali Farzat. Our dictators tailor wounds to suit their victims' occupations. — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
Israel bombed the Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007. What the Syrians did in response, nothing. Israel has killed a number of terrorist… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
Our priority is to go after ISIL. And so what we have said is that we are not engaging in a military… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I never threatened him and no Syrian intelligence officer has ever pointed a gun to his head. — Rafik Hariri Copy Share Image
Under the Assads, Kurds were forbidden from learning their own language at school, or even from speaking it in the military. The… — Luke Harding Copy Share Image
Syrian influence has not ended yet. It is going to be a very long path. — Walid Jumblatt Copy Share Image
On the campaign trail, candidate Trump occasionally raised the idea of creating 'safe zones' for Syrian civilians. — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Turkey wants to see Bashar al-Assad go and wants to kind of expand its sphere of influence into Turkey so its Ottoman… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Moscow and Washington have evolved a delicate process for 'de-confliction' in the tight Syrian airspace, where accidents or miscommunication could be disastrous. — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
There is a positive and personal relationship between the Egyptian people and the Syrian people. — Mohammed Morsi Copy Share Image
We have evidence that a number of Bahrainis who oppose our government are being trained in Syria. I have seen the files… — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Copy Share Image
The transition from tyranny to democracy is very hard. The Syrian people have to handle this in a way that works in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Syrian border town of Qa'im was the main gateway Islamic radicals used to go to Iraq. Syria became the passageway for… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
The violence and burnings in Lebanon were the work of Syrian soldiers and workers dressed in civilian clothes. — Walid Jumblatt Copy Share Image
That U.N. Security Council resolution requires getting Syrian troops and intelligence officials out of Lebanon so that the Lebanese can have elections… — Stephen Hadley Copy Share Image
President Bush was disgusted by the Assad regime's oppression of the Syrian people as well as its support for terrorism, interference in… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
Iran has basically propped up Assad, who has waged an absolute war of horror against the Syrian people. And he has done… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
We all have to announce our full solidarity with the struggle of those seeking freedom and justice in Syria, and translate this… — Mohammed Morsi Copy Share Image
Accepting Syrian refugees into the United States is an emotional issue. — Pete Hoekstra Copy Share Image