Jamal Khashoggi Quotes

Da'esh and Assad are not separate problems.

ISIS filled the vacuum in Iraq and Syria created by a lack of effective governance.

As the crisis in Syria grows and the humanitarian tragedy becomes more clear, I appreciated Prime Minister Netanyahu's perspective on the changes and volatility in the region.

Assad has to go. I mean, the way that ISIS can recruit, and the rebels that are in the north, and all the chaos that's happening through a lot of Syria circles around a lot of people that do not like Assad.

We don't see a peaceful Syria with Assad in there.

What happened in Iraq and Syria was that the world remained silent as ISIS expanded.

I have long argued that ISIS and Assad are not separate problems to be chosen between, but are action and reaction, cause and symptom, chicken and egg: impossible to untangle no matter how much we might like to.

The fate of Syria hangs in the balance, but it is entirely possible that the fall of the Assad regime will result in anarchy and cause Syria to turn into a second Afghanistan, a base for anti-Israel terrorism.

ISIS controls a territory roughly the size of Maryland where 8 million people live. If it's attacked and toppled, who will fill the void?

Extremism in Syria cannot be contained within Syria.

Failed states have become breeding grounds for conflict.

The deep problems that afflict the Middle East are not easy to fix, but they must be dealt with if we are not to see a son of ISIS, or even a grandson of ISIS, developing in the years to come.

There is no question that what we are seeing - the horrible advance of ISIS - goes back, if you will, to the original sin of the invasion of Iraq.

As was true in Iraq and Libya, the United States has no credible government or leader able to bring order, security, and freedom to the people of Syria if Assad is overthrown.

Syria is attracting a lot more Westerners than the Iraq War ever did because it's the perfect Sunni jihad.

It's difficult to see how Syria can have any long-term future with Assad there as president. Many people would never return to that country if that were the case.

The central problem in Syria is that Sunni Arabs will not be willing partners against the Islamic State unless we commit to protect them and the broader Syrian population against all enemies, not just ISIS.

If anything caused ISIS, it was the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.

I've been calling for the support of the Syrian rebels for years.

I've often said that the ISIS-Syria-Iraq mess is about as bad as it could be.

Syrian influence has not ended yet. It is going to be a very long path.

The fall of the Syrian regime is in the interest of America and Israel.

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

The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.

President Bashar Assad's regime is in the unique position of being targeted both by Israel and supporters of al Qaeda.