“Syria has allowed its soil to be transited by foreign fighters who have come from a variety of source countries in the Gulf area and in the - in North African countries.There are some signs that that may have been reduced somewhat in the last couple of months. We need to watch that a bit and see if that is the case.” IfsNeedsMayHas BeensCountryLastsBitsWatchesCasesSourceMonthsCoupleAreasFighterVarietySoilSyria Author:David Petraeus
“If you go into Hasakah province in northeast Syria, that's an area that's as big as Lebanon. It's controlled by the Kurds, the Christians and the moderate Sunnis. And there are airstrips and hotels. You could settle a lot of people there.All we would have to do is be willing to provide them with some weaponry, some defensive weaponry.” PeopleIfsBigsChristianWillingAreasSettlingHotelControlledSyriaModeratesProvincesLebanonWeaponryKurds Author:Benjamin Carson
“If you look in the Muslim World right now, the Shia, the Sunni Muslims are standing at the brink of a pit of fire started by Western intervention and influence in pitting them against each other by exploiting their divisions. So the stage is set for war in that area of the world that would destroy that area as completely as what they are calling the failed state Libya making Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq failed states.” IfsWorldLooksWarStatesFireInfluenceStageCallingRight NowAreasStandingWesternIraqDivisionAfghanistanSyriaInterventionPitsLibyaMuslim WorldShia Author:Louis Farrakhan
“You have to look at the reality in Syria. Whenever we liberate any city or village from the terrorists, the civilians will go back to the city, while they flee that city when the terrorists attack that area, the opposite. So, they flee, first of all, the war itself; they flee the area under the control of the terrorists, they flee the difficult situation because of the embargo by the West on Syria.” FirstsLooksWarRealityDifficultCitiesSituationAreasOppositesWestTerroristVillageSyriaCiviliansDifficult SituationsEmbargo Author:Bashar al-Assad
“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.” WantForceProtectAreasBordersSyriaLebanonHezbollah Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Syria is in a state of war since its land was occupied for more than four decades, and the nature of the frontier in Syria implies that most of the army is in inhabited areas, most of the centers are in inhabited areas.” WarStatesFourLandAreasArmyDecadesSyriaFrontiers Author:Bashar al-Assad
“You hardly find any military base in distant areas from the [Syria] cities unless it's an airport or something like this, but most of the military bases or centers within inhabited areas.” CitiesMilitaryAreasBasesSyriaAirportsMilitary Bases Author:Bashar al-Assad
“It started partly as a sectarian war in some areas, but now it's not, because when you talk about sectarian war or religious war, you should have a very clear line between the sects and religions in Syria according to the geography and the demography in Syria, something we don't have.” ShouldWarReligiousLinesClearAreasShould HaveSyriaGeographySectsReligious WarsDemography Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Two years and a half and Syria is still withstanding against the United States, the West, Saudi Arabia, the richest countries in this area, including Turkey, and, taking into consideration what your question implies, that even the big part or the bigger part of the Syrian population is against me, how can I withstand till today ? Am I the superhuman or Superman, which is not the case !” YearsStillsTwoCountryStatesBigsTodayUnitedHalfCasesUnited StatesAreasBiggerWestIncludingPopulationConsiderationTwo YearsSyriaTurkeysArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisSuperhumanWithstanding Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Since the beginning of the crisis, since the terrorists started to control some areas within Syria, the majority of the Syrian civilians left that areas to join the government areas, not vice versa. If the majority of the Syrians don't trust the government, they should go the other way.” IfsWayShouldGovernmentLeftAreasCrisisMajorityVicesTerroristSyriaCiviliansVice VersaDon't Trust Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Syria is on the back end of basically a decade-long drought. Over the last decade, farmers and herders have been ravaged in Syria forcing them to give up and move to urban areas. This has put a huge strain on urban resources, and it's surely one of the reasons for the uprising there.” GivingLongHas BeensEndsReasonLastsMovingHugeGiving UpResourcesAreasDecadesFarmersSyriaUrbanStrainDroughtUprisingUrban Areas Author:Thomas Friedman