Civil war Quote by Wes Streeting

The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.

— Nancy Gibbs

Syria is a civil war. Syria began as a popular uprising, just like the other experiences in the Arab Spring, with a repressive government…

— Susan Rice

We've just let too many things happen. And now, try to turn around and fix it. Getting involved in a [Syria] civil war directly…

— John Kasich

Nobody's interests are served by what's happening in Syria today. It's a catastrophe. It's the worst human catastrophe since World War II. And, as…

— John F. Kerry

We knew the Syrian situation was complex and there were lots of divisions, particularly on the side of the opposition... This is a tough…

— Kofi Annan

Syria has become the great tragedy of this century - a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history,

— Antonio Guterres

We've got a very difficult situation created by this embrace of the so-called Arab Spring. And that's not getting better. It's getting worse. The…

— Oliver North

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

— Ali Khamenei

The world has to save Syria. I mean, this has dramatic implications for the entire region, globally.

— John F. Kerry

“If the Assad regime in Syria were to fall, the likeliest outcome would be a prolonged and bloody civil war. The last thing the…

— John R. Bradley

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

We need a comprehensive strategy to bring about an end to the Syrian civil war and defeat Isis.

— Wes Streeting