Air Quote by Barack Obama

In the fight against ISIL, we cannot rely on an Assad regime that terrorizes its people; a regime that will never regain the legitimacy…

— Barack Obama

You cannot defeat Islamic State with airstrikes only. It's necessary to cooperate with ground troops, and the Syrian army is the most efficient and…

— Sergei Lavrov

I've said for a long time there is no military solution to the crisis in Syria. There has to be a diplomatic solution. ISIL…

— Brad Schneider

If Assad continues to conduct strikes against the Free Syrian Army at will, it would be very difficult for them to have any success…

— Jack Keane

No one except for al-Assad's army is fighting against ISIS or other terrorist organisations in Syria, no one else is fighting them on Syrian…

— Vladimir Putin

ISIL is dangerous. They're a threat. They're a brutal, horrible force that needs to be dealt with.

— Lois Frankel

Here's the problem the Free Syrian Army has. They really want to topple the regime in Damascus, and this is where most of the…

— Jack Keane

As we keep up the pressure, our air campaign will continue to hit ISIL harder than ever.

— Barack Obama

Those localized efforts take a long time and they don't deal with the larger issue of ISIL and the question of what you're going…

— John F. Kerry

ISIS is even at war with its most natural ally, al Qaeda in Syria.

— Peter Bergen

We have staring us in the face here an enormous opportunity to actually find a way forward to have peace and stability in Syria,…

— John F. Kerry

When the air forces of the U.S., Russia, France, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and others are already engaged with Isis in Syria, it's a…

— Crispin Blunt