Carrying Quote by Peter Bergen

President-elect [Donald] Trump has promised a safe zone, a humanitarian zone [in Syria].

— Martha Raddatz

On the campaign trail, candidate Trump occasionally raised the idea of creating 'safe zones' for Syrian civilians.

— Peter Bergen

I'll absolutely do safe zones in Syria for the people. I think that Europe has made a tremendous mistake by allowing these millions of…

— Donald Trump

In Syria, a no-fly zone targeted at Assad's air force and safe zones for refugees fleeing the fighting would help tamp down the death…

— Peter Bergen

The greatest danger zone a president can be in is when he is being attacked on the left and the right.

— Daniel Pfeiffer

I would think Trump would feel free to bomb Syria any time he wanted. Nobody clearly seems to care very much about if we…

— Seymour Hersh

Syria is important because it lies at the heart of a region critical to U.S. security, a region that is home to friends and…

— Samantha Power

Donald Trump has called for extreme vetting for people coming into this country so that we don't bring people into the United States who…

— Mike Pence

If you're going to be involved in Syria, then you need to make sure that there really is peace in Syria. And that means…

— Jeremy Hunt

Assad is always a priority. That is not an issue. He is a war crime. He has done terrible things to his own people.…

— Nikki Haley

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

— Ehud Olmert

[Bashar] Assad himself has said on several occasions recently that if the people of Syria don't believe I should be there in the future,…

— John F. Kerry