Able Quote by Bashar al-Assad

Lebanon will be engulfed again in a huge power game that will last quite a long time. This is the tragic destiny of Lebanon.

— Walid Jumblatt

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

America's real plan is to fuel a civil war, while the national plan is for all Lebanese to live in peace with one another.…

— Hassan Nasrallah

It will be another disaster, after Irangate. Not only that, not only this longest Arab - Israeli confrontation: but also the most important and…

— Yasser Arafat

There will be no solution in Lebanon until there is a general solution of Israel and the Palestinian people. There will be no solution…

— David Dellinger

If the [captured Israeli] soldiers are not returned, we will turn Lebanon's clock back 20 years.

— Dan Halutz

That U.N. Security Council resolution requires getting Syrian troops and intelligence officials out of Lebanon so that the Lebanese can have elections here this…

— Stephen Hadley

Ultimately, stability in Syria will come from decisions made on the ground by the Syrian people and by their immediate neighbors.

— Chris Murphy

“For Lebanon to have any future, gotta adopt a resolute policy v/s terrorism. Whoever plots against the land should bear the consequences.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

So my judgment is that Syria will move; Syria will change, as it embraces a legitimate relationship with the United States and the West…

— John F. Kerry

Israel will continue to act proactively to prevent the transfer of heavy missiles or advanced air defense systems from Syria to Hezbollah in southern…

— Ehud Barak

If Hezbollah makes a mistake and starts a war against Israel, we will hit it hard, and send Lebanon back to the stone age.

— Yoav Gallant