Change Quote by Mitch McConnell

The issue with Syria, I think for many of us, has always been about Iran. This is an anchor point for them in terms…

— Jack Keane

Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world. It's their route to the sea.

— Mitt Romney

The current relationship between Syria and Iran is abnormal. It is unprecedented in Syria's foreign policy history. A new Syria will be an indispensable…

— Burhan Ghalioun

Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world. It's their route to the sea. It's the route for them to arm Hezbollah in…

— Mitt Romney

If you study the behavior or the attitude of Syria, Iran, and U.S., you understand that these three countries can't come to terms with…

— Shirin Ebadi

Iran has basically propped up Assad, who has waged an absolute war of horror against the Syrian people. And he has done anything he…

— Hillary Clinton

We have a relationship with Syria, an old relationship. We also have good relations with the people of Syria, with all segments of the…

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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

The U.S. relationship with Bahrain is obviously more complicated than with Syria and Iran.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I think Syria is in a particularly sensitive geopolitical position in terms of the politics of the Middle East.

— Edward Luck

For the West, they wanted to undermine the Syrian positions. For the petrodollar countries like Saudi Arabia, they're thinking undermining Syria will undermine Iran…

— Bashar al-Assad

Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East. That is why we are in contact with most of the problems…

— Bashar al-Assad