Country Quote by Ariel Sharon

Lebanon is a Syrian protectorate. The Lebanese dare not do anything without the approval of Damascus.

— Yitzhak Rabin

I do not think Syria can achieve international recognition in the future - even if they work through a successful political process, you know,…

— Rex W. Tillerson

It is important that democracy in Lebanon is protected and that Hezbollah will not be supported by outside forces like Syria and Iran.

— Ehud Olmert

Hezbollah is in Syria and Iraq and Yemen, so people should not focus on Hezbollah that it's a Lebanese entity only, but it's something…

— Saad Hariri

Lebanon cannot resolve a question like Hezbollah which is in Syria, Iraq, everywhere because of Iran. It is a regional political solution that needs…

— Saad Hariri

The free world is really helping Lebanon restore its sovereignty. I imagine there is quite a bit of pressure on Syria to leave. I…

— Camille Chamoun

The Syrians are trying to say that the Lebanese are not capable of ruling themselves.

— Walid Jumblatt

Syria is no longer Syria. Syria is Russia and it's Iran, who Hillary Clinton made strong and Kerry and Obama made into a very…

— Donald Trump

[Hezbollah forces] cannot exist all over Syria anyway, for many reasons, but they exist on the borders.

— Bashar al-Assad

The minute we leave south Lebanon we will have to erase the word Hezbollah from our vocabulary, because the whole idea of the State…

— Amos Oz

Hezbollah is not fighting for Syria. Hezbollah is not fighting for Iran. Hezbollah is fighting for Lebanon.

— Hassan Nasrallah

“For example, the people of Mount Lebanon were identified as “Syrians” until well into the 1940s. In the United States, the ethnic designation “Lebanese”…

— Louis Farshee