Assad Quote by Derek Chollet

The transition from tyranny to democracy is very hard. The Syrian people have to handle this in a way that works in Syria. And…

— Anonymous

The Syrian regime is helping the insurgency in Iraq and allowing all kinds of militants to come in and out, and go to Iraq…

— Walid Jumblatt

You want to bring the Assad regime down? You have to beat the Russians and the Iranians in Syria. That is not going to…

— Rashid Khalidi

While Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a brutal dictator and should be tried at the Hague for international war crimes, the United States should…

— Ro Khanna

Let's all recognize that, in a world full of disgusting dictators, Bashar Assad maybe ranks at the top. This is a guy, in order…

— Jake Tapper

President Bashar Assad's regime is in the unique position of being targeted both by Israel and supporters of al Qaeda.

— Richard Engel

I think Obama sees everything through one lens. Doing nothing in the face of the slaughter in Syria is not only shameful, it is…

— Paul Wolfowitz

I abhor Saddam's regime, but the basis has to be disarmament.

— Tony Blair

Assad is the president of Syria. He enjoys fairly effective control over his country.

— Ehud Olmert

I think we can all agree [Bashar] Assad is a bad and evil actor, but I'm not so sure that we want the Islamic…

— Rand Paul

The Syrian civil war is a "crime initiated by the United States and the Zionist regime, Israel."

— Ali Khamenei

Assad's suspected chemical weapons attack shows he is willing to go to barbaric lengths to hold onto power.

— Ted Lieu