Country Quote by Bashar al-Assad

The Russians have an interest inside of Syria. They want to boost up the Assad regime. They want to give moral support and international…

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Nobody thinks identically on Syria. But we share the same view with Russia that the future of the personalities in Syria will be determined…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

Fighting the terrorists in Syria is not only in the interest of Syria or the Syrian people; in the interest of the Middle East,…

— Bashar al-Assad

Russia has a long-term interest in Syria. Israel by and large does not have an issue with those long-term interests that Russia has in…

— Ron Dermer

Russians don't want to fight ISIS in Syria. They want to leave that to us. Aside from that, I don't know what are the…

— Michael McFaul

Russia is not going to give up easily on Syria. They've had a relationship with that country since 1955. It's very close to them.

— Rashid Khalidi

I think it was going to be hard to work with Russians on Syria. There is some potential overlap between the U.S. and Russia…

— Richard N. Haass

[Vladimir] Putin spoke unabashedly about the importance of national sovereignty in Syria, a concept apparently near and dear to his heart, unless it comes…

— Garry Kasparov

I think we can't be naive in dealing with the Russians or dealing with the Syrians. But at the same time, I think we…

— Rand Paul

On Putin's order, Russia intervenes in Syria not to fight terrorists but to abet the war crimes of the Assad regime. Russian bombers deliberately…

— John McCain

The Russians need to understand that you cannot have peace [in Syria] unless you resolve the question of Sunni buy-in.

— John F. Kerry

I think the Russians are trying to figure out what to do. I don't think they know what to do with our president Donald…

— Nikki Haley