If you’re in part of rebel-controlled Syria, and suddenly your house blows up or a building next to you blows up, it would be convenient for rebels to say, ‘It was the Americans.’ – Richard Engel
Once you start bombing in Syria, when you start looking for targets, there will be a lot. – Richard Engel
I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the Western Desert of Libya, in Greece, in Syria, in Iraq and in Egypt. – Roald Dahl
Israel is becoming a fortress. Fences along the borders with Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria. – Richard Engel
When you look at Syria, and you look at all the militant groups on the ground, there are many groups in Syria that could pose a threat to the United States, not just Khorasan. – Richard Engel
If Syria collapses completely, the United States and the world would have to consider who, and what, fills the vacuum. – Richard Engel
Why would Russia care about chemical weapons in Syria? They have no incentive to care. – Ron DeSantis
Hamas does not represent the national aspirations of the Palestinians. It represents extreme Islamic ideas, which they share with Iran, Hezbollah, and Syria. – Tzipi Livni
I have also been saddened, though hardly surprised, by the weakness of the EU’s reaction to the criminal attack on the Danish embassy in Syria, which seems to have been permitted, if not actively encouraged, by the Syrian regime. – Timothy Garton Ash
When the Romans in the last age of the republic came into immediate contact with Iran as a consequence of the occupation of Syria, they found in existence the Persian empire regenerated by the Parthians. – Theodor Mommsen
The struggle against terrorists in the territory of Syria should be structured in cooperation with the Syrian government, which clearly stated its readiness to join it. – Sergei Lavrov
It was in Dara’a that Syria’s non-violent democratic movement had begun in 2011, with schoolboys scrawling on a wall: ‘The people want to topple the regime.’ – Terry Glavin
We need to significantly increase the number of bombing runs we’re conducting in Iraq and Syria. – Tom Cotton
The president has largely taken a hands-off approach in Syria and granted it as a legitimate sphere of interest to countries like Iran and like Russia. This is very bad policy, and it’s going to lead to very dangerous consequences for our partners in the region, which is why so many of them are so opposed to U.S. policies. – Tom Cotton
We can only talk to those who opt for the sovereign, territorially integral, secular, multiethnic and multi-confessional Syria. – Sergei Lavrov
If Syria wants to be part of the international community, there are some conditions that they have to meet. And the first one is to stop embracing the terrorism. – Tzipi Livni
We are not wedded to anyone in Syria. We are not concerned with any personality. We are concerned with keeping Syria in one piece, territorially integral, sovereign, independent and secular, where the rights of all groups, ethnic and others, are fully respected. – Sergei Lavrov
The acronym ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. But increasingly, we see that it’s not limited there. We see it in Egypt. We see it in Libya. We see it in Afghanistan. – Tom Cotton
Vladimir Putin is decisive. He’s committed to victory, and he now has aircraft and surface-to-air missiles and main battle tanks in Syria. – Tom Cotton
The ‘SAMS’ study, titled ‘A New Normal: Ongoing Chemical Weapons Attacks in Syria’, reveals that the Assad regime merely switched from sarin gas to chlorine gas in its bombardment of civilians areas. – Terry Glavin
There was a president imposed by Syria. Our battle… is to have a Lebanese president that we elect. – Walid Jumblatt
I can only say it is not for us to decide who should lead Syria. It is for the Syrians to decide. – Sergei Lavrov
Unless we get serious about addressing Iran’s regional ambitions in places like Syria, then our allies are never going to be confident that we have a strategy for the region. – Tom Cotton
Today further EU targeted sanctions on Syria come into force. The message is clear and unambiguous: those responsible for the repression will be singled out and held accountable. – William Hague
Armed drones have become Barack Obama’s way to engage in terrorist-infested hellholes without putting ‘boots on the ground.’ For years, the CIA has been running a secrecy-shrouded program of targeted killings in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen, and more recently in Somalia, Syria and Iraq. – Terry Glavin
