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Pavel Felgenhauer

Inserted 1 week ago

“Russia surprisingly stands with the rest of the international community in that it does not want an escalation following Iran's attack on Israel. This could impede Russian interests region. It could embroil Iran in a war that would mean that Iran would be hardly capable of sending more weapons to Russia, and of course, it could engulf Russian troops in Syria and Lebanon in a possible escalation of this conflict into a regional one. Among the Russian establishment are pro-Israeli elements who would not want to have a confrontation with Israel. Israel has not joined sanctions [against Russia], it's not dedicated as an enemy country, Israel is not supplying weapons or military technology to Ukraine, so Russia would want to keep this status quo.”

Aje

Russian defence analyst

14 Apr 2024 5 2

Bassam Abu Abdallah

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“Before Monday there were rules of engagement, but now it's an all-out war between Israel and the resistance axis. It is now clear that the trend is towards escalation. We could start to see increased attacks against US bases in Syria, Iraq or elsewhere.”

Aje

Director of the Damascus Centre for Strategic Research

02 Apr 2024 7 1

Bassam Abu Abdallah

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“Before Monday there were rules of engagement, but now it's an all-out war between Israel and the resistance axis. It is now clear that the trend is towards escalation. We could start to see increased attacks against US bases in Syria, Iraq or elsewhere.”

Aje

Director of the Damascus Centre for Strategic Research

02 Apr 2024 7 1

Ali Khamenei

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“The evil Zionist regime will be punished at the hands of our brave men. We will make them regret this crime and the other ones.”

Aljazeera

Iran’s Supreme Leader

02 Apr 2024 4 2

Colin Clarke

Inserted 1 month ago

“ISIS-K has been fixated on Russia for the past two years. ISIS-K accuses the Kremlin of having Muslim blood in its hands, referencing Moscow's interventions in Afghanistan, Chechnya and Syria.”

Nytimes

Senior research fellow at the US-based Soufan Centre

23 Mar 2024 4 2

Tarek Megerisi

Inserted 1 month ago

“Haftar needs Wagner. Furthermore, while he's hosting them in Libya, [Wagner] can use its position to prop up operations in Syria, Sudan and elsewhere. It's a network. It's not just military support, either. They're using their position in eastern Libya to transport [illegal narcotic] Captagon from Syria, shift gold to evade sanctions, as well as help traffic migrants from southern Africa and as far away as Bangladesh. Libya is a hugely profitable area for Wagner.”

Aljazeera

Senior fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations

25 Feb 2024 6 6

Jake Sullivan

Inserted 2 months ago

“We intend to take additional strikes, and additional action, to continue to send a clear message that the United States will respond when our forces are attacked, when our people are killed.”

Reuters

US National Security Adviser

04 Feb 2024 4 2

Lloyd Austin

Inserted 2 months ago

“This is the start of our response. We do not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else, but the president and I will not tolerate attacks on American forces.”

Reuters

US Secretary of Defense

03 Feb 2024 5 1

Hamidreza Azizi

Inserted 3 months ago

“It has to do, I think, with Iran's overall threat perception in the region rising. And at the same time, feeling the need - as a result of domestic and external pressure - to respond. If you look at the series of incidents these had projected the image of Iran's intelligence weakness and lack of seriousness and will to respond. So the calculation in Tehran might have been that by allowing this to continue, their very credibility would be at stake. And that was why they decided to show a response all at once.”

Aljazeera

Visiting fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)

19 Jan 2024 3 5

Xi Jinping

Inserted 7 months ago

“In the face of an unstable and uncertain international environment, China is willing to continue to work with Syria in the interests of friendly cooperation and safeguarding international fairness and justice. China supports Syria's opposition to foreign interference, unilateral bullying … and will support Syria's reconstruction. China is willing to strengthen cooperation with Syria through the Belt and Road Initiative … to make positive contributions to regional and world peace and development.”

Aljazeera

President of the People's Republic of China

22 Sep 2023 2 4

Gideon Levy

Inserted 1 year ago

“The situation is extremely explosive. Unlike the former years, we are facing a very radical government, which is one hand quite powerful, and on the other very fragile, because the most radical parts of it are pushing for action that might turn out into a catastrophe. The scenes from the Al-Aqsa mosque were scenes not seen in recent years in their brutality and I think that any small match can set fire now to the whole area. Hopefully it will not happen, but nobody can guarantee this will not happen. There is no public argument about this [raids in Syria] in Israel and no information about it in Israel. Nobody knows why and what form and what is the price. One thing is clear. Israel is violating Syrian sovereignty and Israel is playing with fire with Iran. How long will the Syrians and the Iranians tolerate this?”

Aljazeera

Israeli journalist and author

09 Apr 2023 3 3

Oleg Gurinov

Inserted 1 year ago

“Provocative actions on the part of US armed forces units have been noted in Hassakeh province … the Russian side lodged a protest with the coalition. During joint Russian-Turkish patrols, the movement of two patrols conducted by the so-called anti-terrorist coalition were tracked along the non-deconfliction routes near Deiruna-Aga and Saramsak. The Russian side has protested to the coalition.”

Aljazeera

Russian Rear Admiral

31 Mar 2023 4 2

Mohammed Shia al-Sudani

Inserted 1 year ago

“We think that we need the foreign forces. Elimination of ISIS needs some more time. Inside Iraq we do not need combat forces. If there is a threat for Iraq, it is the penetration of the [ISIL] cells through Syria. I don't see this as an impossible matter, to see Iraq have a good relationship with Iran and the US.”

Aljazeera

Iraqi Prime Minister

15 Jan 2023 4 4

Dmitry Peskov

Inserted 1 year ago

“We understand and respect Turkey's concerns about ensuring its own security. We believe this is Turkey's legitimate right. At the same time, we call on all parties to refrain from steps that could lead to the destabilisation of the overall situation.”

Aljazeera

Kremlin spokesman

22 Nov 2022 2 2

Kerim Has

Inserted 1 year ago

“Erdogan wants a green light for a military operation in Syria. As we saw at the Tehran summit, Iran and Russia are against this operation but I think Erdogan can persuade Putin. Many things depend on the domestic situation in Turkey because Erdogan wants to launch the operation before the elections so he can consolidate at least a few percentage points in the vote.”

Aljazeera

Turkish political analyst based in Moscow

04 Aug 2022 5 4

Maria Zakharova

Inserted 1 year ago

“We hope that Ankara will refrain from actions that could lead to a dangerous deterioration of the already difficult situation in Syria. Such a move, in the absence of the agreement of the legitimate government of the Syrian Arab Republic, would be a direct violation of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity and would cause a further escalation of tensions in Syria.”

Aljazeera

Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman

02 Jun 2022 2 2

Antony Blinken

Inserted 1 year ago

“It's something that we would oppose. The concern that we have is that any new offensive would undermine regional stability [and] provide malign actors with opportunities to exploit instability.”

Aljazeera

U.S. Secretary of State

01 Jun 2022 2 4

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Inserted 1 year ago

“We are taking another step in establishing a 30km (19-mile) security zone along our southern border. We will clean up Tal Rifat and Manbij.”

Aljazeera

Turkish President

01 Jun 2022 3 2

Ryan Bohl

Inserted 1 year ago

“I think we can safely say we'll see Emirati troops abroad in other hotspots, and while MBZ [Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan] certainly has learned lessons from Yemen, Syria, and Libya, he's not concluded that force by itself is discredited. But he's also learned a lot about the risk of being part of any one side or power bloc - for the UAE long term, it's best to have as many good friends - even if that means having no great friends - as possible, as the world evolves into a multipolar environment where the UAE will be increasingly responsible for its own security.”

Aljazeera

Middle East analyst at Stratfor/RANE

25 May 2022 8 3

Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

Inserted 2 years ago

“We closed the airspace to Russia's military planes - and even civilian ones - flying to Syria. They had until April, and we asked in March.”

Aljazeera

Turkish Foreign Minister

23 Apr 2022 3 1

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“Before Monday there were rules of engagement, but now it's an all-out war between Israel and the resistance axis. It is now clear that the trend is towards escalation. We could start to see increased attacks against US bases in Syria, Iraq or elsewhere.”

“Before Monday there were rules of engagement, but now it's an all-out war between Israel and the resistance axis. It is now clear that the trend is towards escalation. We could start to see increased attacks against US bases in Syria, Iraq or elsewhere.”

“The evil Zionist regime will be punished at the hands of our brave men. We will make them regret this crime and the other ones.”

“ISIS-K has been fixated on Russia for the past two years. ISIS-K accuses the Kremlin of having Muslim blood in its hands, referencing Moscow's interventions in Afghanistan, Chechnya and Syria.”

“We intend to take additional strikes, and additional action, to continue to send a clear message that the United States will respond when our forces are attacked, when our people are killed.”

“This is the start of our response. We do not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else, but the president and I will not tolerate attacks on American forces.”

“We understand and respect Turkey's concerns about ensuring its own security. We believe this is Turkey's legitimate right. At the same time, we call on all parties to refrain from steps that could lead to the destabilisation of the overall situation.”

“It's something that we would oppose. The concern that we have is that any new offensive would undermine regional stability [and] provide malign actors with opportunities to exploit instability.”

“We are taking another step in establishing a 30km (19-mile) security zone along our southern border. We will clean up Tal Rifat and Manbij.”

“We closed the airspace to Russia's military planes - and even civilian ones - flying to Syria. They had until April, and we asked in March.”

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