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I came here after I finished with events at Damascus Gate, after the march passed through... There were clashes here, and I came to film the young Jews. After they saw that I was filming, they came and told me' don't film.' Then they attacked me. Someone came and sprayed me with pepper spray or tear gas, I don't know exactly, i fell onto the ground, I couldn't see anything. And, after I fell, they came with sticks, they hit me in the head, the back, the leg. They knocked me down, and continued to beat me once I was on the ground. I want to emphasize that Israeli Police, I yelled and screamed, and Israeli Police were on site and didn't do anything. Israeli Police didn't move a finger. – Iyad Harab	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Two weeks ago, she hid me behind her back when clashes erupted by Damascus Gate, and said to me :' Mother, come here. I'm so worried about you' and handed me a bottle of water. I loved Shireen. She was the voice of all Palestinians. – Nafisa Khwais	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Shireen is my daughter. Her parents died, but we are all her parents. We are all her family, two weeks ago, she hid me behind her back when clashes erupted by Damascus Gate, and said to me :' Mother, come here. I'm so worried about you' and handed me a bottle of water. I loved Shireen. She was the voice of all Palestinians. – Nafisa Khwais	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It appears that Russia has opened 14 mercenary recruitment centers in Syria in territories controlled by the regime of Bashar al-Assad (Damascus, Aleppo, Hama, Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor), after a short training, the mercenaries will be transported to Russia through the Khmeimim Air Base by two Tu-134 (up to 80 passengers) and Tu-154 (up to 180 passengers) aircraft to the Chkalovsky Air Base, Moscow region. – Theodore Karasik	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There will be no peace in Turkey until Assad is brought down from his throne. Turkey must start plans to enter Damascus now, and annihilate the cruel ones. – Devlet Bahceli	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I think the threat was being orchestrated by Soleimani, that's what the intelligence reported. That's what he was doing on the ground in both Baghdad and Damascus and elsewhere, and I think it was only a matter of days, certainly no more than weeks. – Defense Secretary Mark Esper	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Damascus needs the Kurds. The Kurds and Damascus have two things in common: enmity for Turkey and a desire not to see Sunni rebel militias ruling the northeast of Syria, but they don't agree on anything when it comes to ruling northeast Syria. – Joshua Landis	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The priority now is protecting the border's security from the Turkish danger, we are in contact with the Damascus government to reach common (ground) in the future. – Aldar Xelil	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The camp's presence makes the entire area another political football in that turning it over to Russia and Damascus is something else The US don't want to do, at least for free. – Neil Hauer	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We have operated with impressive success in thwarting Iran from establishing a military foothold in Syria, in the framework of which the military has struck hundreds of times against Iranian and Hezbollah targets, in the last 36 hours alone, the air force struck storage facilities with Iranian weapons at the Damascus International Airport. The bulk of recent attacks show how we are more committed than ever to act against Iran in Syria, as we promised. – Benjamin Netanyahu	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
In this regard, establishing dialogue between the Kurds and Damascus takes on particular significance. After all, the Kurds are an integral part of Syrian society. – Maria Zakharova	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We have information from a variety of sources that such provocations... are being prepared in other parts of Syria, including in southern suburbs of Damascus. – Vladimir Putin	Found on CNN 7 years ago
This attack in Damascus will show other rebel groups it is capable of delivering results. – Lina Khatib	Found on CNN 7 years ago
They have doubled down to close down the last pockets of resistance near Damascus, it’s part of the regime’s siege-and-starve campaign. – Genevieve Casagrande	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
They are re-engineering Syria, they have doubled down to close down the last pockets of resistance near Damascus. – Valerie Szybala	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
So long as Assad is leading the government in Damascus there is no way this war will ever end. – Brett McGurk	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Secretary Kerry raised these concerns in a call with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov earlier today and urged him to press the regime to cease at once airstrikes against opposition forces and innocent civilians in Aleppo and the Damascus suburbs. – State Department	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Daesh were looking for treasure and gold - they thought there would be tonnes of gold. There was none, because the main articles had been moved to Damascus. – Maamoun Abdelkarim	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
My main message especially in meeting with that (Syrian government) delegation is the need to start a political transition in Damascus. – Federica Mogherini	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They are not worry-free because they always think about their parents in Damascus, and they are going to German school because they know that if they want a future in Germany, they need to learn German. – Alessio Mamo	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Today by midday Damascus time all warring sides in Syria had to confirm to us or to our American partners their agreement to adhere to a ceasefire, that information has already reached us. – President Vladimir Putin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
But it seems to be the rebel side that is more concerned about the trajectory at this moment, while the regime camp enjoys momentum, the regime itself never showed much openness for compromise even in its most vulnerable moments, so we can expect its current sense of momentum to further reinforce maximalism as Damascus pushes for a decisive military upper hand. – Noah Bonsey	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
U.S. banks have mainly done what's needed to be done and are on an upward curve then you have the 'Road to Damascus banks'. They've finally realized that the market won't bail them out and they have to make some fundamental changes - Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Barclays. It's going to be a year of major change that, in most cases, won't be completed for a number of years. – Chris Wheeler	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The first is to systematize and understand who we should consider terrorists in Syria and in the region, and the second is to establish a list of the representative Syrian opposition that can conduct negotiations with Damascus, our preparations for the Vienna meeting are based on the document that was adopted on October 30. – Maria Zakharova	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

I came here after I finished with events at Damascus Gate, after the march passed through... There were clashes here, and I came to film the young Jews. After they saw that I was filming, they came and told me' don't film.' Then they attacked me. Someone came and sprayed me with pepper spray or tear gas, I don't know exactly, i fell onto the ground, I couldn't see anything. And, after I fell, they came with sticks, they hit me in the head, the back, the leg. They knocked me down, and continued to beat me once I was on the ground. I want to emphasize that Israeli Police, I yelled and screamed, and Israeli Police were on site and didn't do anything. Israeli Police didn't move a finger.

– Iyad Harab

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Two weeks ago, she hid me behind her back when clashes erupted by Damascus Gate, and said to me :' Mother, come here. I'm so worried about you' and handed me a bottle of water. I loved Shireen. She was the voice of all Palestinians.

– Nafisa Khwais

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Shireen is my daughter. Her parents died, but we are all her parents. We are all her family, two weeks ago, she hid me behind her back when clashes erupted by Damascus Gate, and said to me :' Mother, come here. I'm so worried about you' and handed me a bottle of water. I loved Shireen. She was the voice of all Palestinians.

– Nafisa Khwais

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It appears that Russia has opened 14 mercenary recruitment centers in Syria in territories controlled by the regime of Bashar al-Assad (Damascus, Aleppo, Hama, Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor), after a short training, the mercenaries will be transported to Russia through the Khmeimim Air Base by two Tu-134 (up to 80 passengers) and Tu-154 (up to 180 passengers) aircraft to the Chkalovsky Air Base, Moscow region.

– Theodore Karasik

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There will be no peace in Turkey until Assad is brought down from his throne. Turkey must start plans to enter Damascus now, and annihilate the cruel ones.

– Devlet Bahceli

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I think the threat was being orchestrated by Soleimani, that's what the intelligence reported. That's what he was doing on the ground in both Baghdad and Damascus and elsewhere, and I think it was only a matter of days, certainly no more than weeks.

– Defense Secretary Mark Esper

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Damascus needs the Kurds. The Kurds and Damascus have two things in common: enmity for Turkey and a desire not to see Sunni rebel militias ruling the northeast of Syria, but they don't agree on anything when it comes to ruling northeast Syria.

– Joshua Landis

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The priority now is protecting the border's security from the Turkish danger, we are in contact with the Damascus government to reach common (ground) in the future.

– Aldar Xelil

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The camp's presence makes the entire area another political football in that turning it over to Russia and Damascus is something else The US don't want to do, at least for free.

– Neil Hauer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We have operated with impressive success in thwarting Iran from establishing a military foothold in Syria, in the framework of which the military has struck hundreds of times against Iranian and Hezbollah targets, in the last 36 hours alone, the air force struck storage facilities with Iranian weapons at the Damascus International Airport. The bulk of recent attacks show how we are more committed than ever to act against Iran in Syria, as we promised.

– Benjamin Netanyahu

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

In this regard, establishing dialogue between the Kurds and Damascus takes on particular significance. After all, the Kurds are an integral part of Syrian society.

– Maria Zakharova

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We have information from a variety of sources that such provocations... are being prepared in other parts of Syria, including in southern suburbs of Damascus.

– Vladimir Putin

Found on CNN
7 years ago

This attack in Damascus will show other rebel groups it is capable of delivering results.

– Lina Khatib

Found on CNN
7 years ago

They have doubled down to close down the last pockets of resistance near Damascus, it’s part of the regime’s siege-and-starve campaign.

– Genevieve Casagrande

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

They are re-engineering Syria, they have doubled down to close down the last pockets of resistance near Damascus.

– Valerie Szybala

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

So long as Assad is leading the government in Damascus there is no way this war will ever end.

– Brett McGurk

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Secretary Kerry raised these concerns in a call with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov earlier today and urged him to press the regime to cease at once airstrikes against opposition forces and innocent civilians in Aleppo and the Damascus suburbs.

– State Department

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Daesh were looking for treasure and gold - they thought there would be tonnes of gold. There was none, because the main articles had been moved to Damascus.

– Maamoun Abdelkarim

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

My main message especially in meeting with that (Syrian government) delegation is the need to start a political transition in Damascus.

– Federica Mogherini

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They are not worry-free because they always think about their parents in Damascus, and they are going to German school because they know that if they want a future in Germany, they need to learn German.

– Alessio Mamo

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Today by midday Damascus time all warring sides in Syria had to confirm to us or to our American partners their agreement to adhere to a ceasefire, that information has already reached us.

– President Vladimir Putin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

But it seems to be the rebel side that is more concerned about the trajectory at this moment, while the regime camp enjoys momentum, the regime itself never showed much openness for compromise even in its most vulnerable moments, so we can expect its current sense of momentum to further reinforce maximalism as Damascus pushes for a decisive military upper hand.

– Noah Bonsey

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

U.S. banks have mainly done what's needed to be done and are on an upward curve then you have the 'Road to Damascus banks'. They've finally realized that the market won't bail them out and they have to make some fundamental changes - Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Barclays. It's going to be a year of major change that, in most cases, won't be completed for a number of years.

– Chris Wheeler

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The first is to systematize and understand who we should consider terrorists in Syria and in the region, and the second is to establish a list of the representative Syrian opposition that can conduct negotiations with Damascus, our preparations for the Vienna meeting are based on the document that was adopted on October 30.

– Maria Zakharova

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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