Why is Assad more responsible for all the deaths in Syria than those fighting to overthrow and kill him?
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 each other.
Russia is not engaged in a fight against Daesh in Syria. On the contrary, they are actually targeting moderate opposition.
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.
At some point, there is going to be a terrorist diaspora out of Syria like we've never seen before.
Israel specifically does not want Syria to hand over weapons, chemical or conventional, to Hezbollah.
The fact is that the American government and NATO have destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan. Their next targets will be Syria and Iran.
The Russians need to understand that you cannot have peace [in Syria] unless you resolve the question of Sunni buy-in.
The Trump administration launched the cruise missile strikes in Syria, an act of war, without a U.N. resolution or Congressional authorization.
Syria has become the great tragedy of this century - a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history.
I agree that we need a working relationship with Russia to deescalate a nuclear arms race, to resolve the crisis in Syria.
It could truly be the case that Vladimir Putin has miscalculated in the long term with his adventure in Syria.
We can only talk to those who opt for the sovereign, territorially integral, secular, multiethnic and multi-confessional Syria.
There's a conspiracy going on online every day between these top U.K. individuals within ISIS leadership out of Syria.
This murder of Hariri was deliberately planned and executed precisely to implicate Syria and to set in train the events which have unfolded.
I can't discuss the possibility of the U.S. involvement in Syria's civil war without also talking about Benghazi.
If you put two brigades on the ground right now with U.S. forces, they would push ISIS back into Syria in a heartbeat.
Putin has outsmarted Hillary Clinton and Obama at every single step of the way. Whether it's Syria, you name it. Missiles.
The Sunni militants that make up ISIS are not the underlying problem in Syria and Iraq, but rather they are a symptom of other deeper problems.
Any Israeli attack on Lebanon, Iran, Syria or Gaza will be met with a fierce response.
The rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria has been a disaster for the public image of Islam - and a boon for the Islamophobia industry.
The American people deserve answers about Benghazi before we move forward with military involvement in Syria's civil war.
Eighty percent of those people with a passport from the Netherlands who go to Syria as jihadists are actually Moroccans.
In the process of the Arab Spring, we have unfortunately seen a development in Syria where the regime has been oppressing its people.
The Salafists, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Al Qaeda in Iraq are the major forces driving the insurgency in Syria.
Like Syria, the government of Bahrain employs aggressive tactics to censor and monitor its people's online activity.
Why give Russia or Syria any reason to doubt that Obama would use force?
ISIS already has strongholds in Syria, while the Free Syrian Army desperately needs more U.S. assistance.
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.
I don't want to be overly dramatic, but Iraq and Syria are gone, and they aren't coming back, at least not as centralized states.
If you want to hear arguments against deploying a big U.S. ground force in Syria, just ask a general.
On the border area with Lebanon where [Hezbollah forces] want to protect themselves and cooperate with us, but they don't exist all over Syria.
Guantanamo Bay is a facility that I think should be utilized by the United States for detainees, say, out of Syria.
I think Syria is now the training ground for the world... These rebel forces are more of a threat than anything.
One of the scariest things about ISIS is their ability to leverage social media to inspire individuals who have never been to Syria and Iraq.
The members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria are also part of the Syrian people, and they have the right to exercise their democratic rights.
I make no apologies for us wanting to do this [bombing Iraq and Syria] appropriately and in a way that is consistent with American values.
The creeping optimism that there might be a route to peace in Syria remains constrained by the elephant in the room - Bashar al-Assad.
It is important that democracy in Lebanon is protected and that Hezbollah will not be supported by outside forces like Syria and Iran.
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.
I'm a little disappointed in what's happened. I'm beginning to lose faith in Obama. This Syria thing is ridiculous. He should not be drawing red lines.
I am sympathetic to the fact that Turkey is doing everything it can to prevent the civil war in Syria from spilling over into its own country.
I don't think there's going to be peace as long as Israel is occupying land that belongs to the Palestinians, to Lebanon and to Syria.
The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
It is time for all civilized nations to stop the horrors that are taking place in Syria and demand a political solution.
A good friend of mine works at Oxfam and has been closely involved in the charity's aid efforts in Syria.
Turkey will not let Turkish territory or airspace be used in any activity that could harm the security or safety of Syria.
She [Hillary Clinton] wants to start an air war over Syria with Russia, a nuclear-armed power.
The issues of political nature should be solved in any country, including in Syria, primarily by its people.
Syria will remain a hotbed of terrorism as long as the civil war, aided and abetted by the Iranians and the Russians, continue.
Ultimately, stability in Syria will come from decisions made on the ground by the Syrian people and by their immediate neighbors.
Let's put America first. Let's not spill American blood to fight the enemies of other countries as is the case in Syria.
Few issues better illustrate the limits of the Obama administration's 'reset' with Russia than the crisis in Syria.
Getting the support of Syria is the moral equivalent of winning the Klan's endorsement - it might be useful but it doesn't necessarily speak well of you.
Russia isn't likely to have any more military success in Syria and Iraq than has the United States.
There's a real question of what the United States could do if we detain somebody out of Syria right now.
In Syria, for some time, they have been trading hostages for a number of things: for weapons, for money, for political influence, and for favors.
The threat that Syria might transfer more advanced weapons to Hezbollah has existed for a long time.
There's a lot of sympathy, but some people in America don't care. They think Syria is a very faraway place and that it's none of their business.
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