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I am sympathetic to the fact that Turkey is doing everything it can to prevent the civil war in Syria from spilling over into…

— Thomas de Maiziere

Russia's now in the middle of a fierce confrontation with Turkey. And that's one of France's NATO allies.

— Corey Flintoff

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

We are seeing reports that NATO's sending early warning radar planes and German military personnel to Turkey. That might reduce the chances of another…

— Peter Kenyon

I think the Russians have played now for some time the role of providing cover for Bashar al-Assad's behavior. The alternative explanation that the…

— Rex W. Tillerson

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 Russia must have been very embarrassed by Syria's use of chemical weapons because it really undercut Putin's role back in 2013 in…

— Kimberly Zisk Marten

And it's significant that he has been using the, you know, language of betrayal in his rhetoric about Turkey. He called the shoot down…

— Corey Flintoff

Russia is a very big country, so we were traveling a lot more. Turkey isn't as hard on my body, so that was a…

— Jordan Larson

Let's be realistic, every terrorist came to Syria, he came through Turkey with the support of [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan. So, fighting those terrorists is…

— Bashar al-Assad

The relations between Russia and Turkey entered into a really positive stage. I am sure that steps we both take will widen our cooperation.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey in general became too involved with what is happening in Egypt and in Syria. Some politicians with neo-Ottoman dreams developed this idea of…

— Elif Safak