Allies Quote by Corey Flintoff

Trump has long been a fan of Vladimir Putin but seems to be unaware that Russia's goal in Syria is simply the maintenance of…

— Peter Bergen

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

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

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

We know that russians are deeply engaged in supporting Assad because they want to have a place in the Middle East. They have a…

— Hillary Clinton

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

The Russians haven't helped us at all in the fight against ISIS. When you total up the numbers of sorties that have been going…

— John R. Allen

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

Russia is emerging as an essential diplomatic and security partner for the U.S. in Syria, despite the Obama administration's opposition to Moscow's support for…

— David Ignatius

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 is not engaged in a fight against Daesh in Syria. On the contrary, they are actually targeting moderate opposition.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Russia hasn't paid any attention to ISIS. They're interested in keeping Assad in power.

— Hillary Clinton