Tom LoBianco: McCain: Russian airstrikes target CIA-backed rebels. In: edition.cnn.com. CNN, abgerufen am 1. Oktober 2015 (englisch): „Their initial strikes were against the individuals and the groups that have been funded and trained by our CIA, in a credible flaunting of any kind of cooperation or effort to conceal what (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's priority is -- and that is, of course, to prop up (Syrian President) Bashar Assad“
Don Melvin, Susannah Cullinane, Mohammed Tawfeeq: Russia's Lavrov on Syria targets. In: CNN. 1. Oktober 2015, abgerufen am 4. Oktober 2015: „If it looks like a terrorist, walks like a terrorist…“
Anne Barnard, Hwaida Saad: Islamists Seize Control of Syrian City in Northwest. The New York Times, 25. April 2015, abgerufen am 27. April 2015: „Other video images posted by fighters and antigovernment activists showed insurgents, including some with Fursan al-Haq, a Free Syrian Army group, using what appeared to be guided antitank missiles to blow up armored vehicles in the battles in Idlib Province in recent days.“
IS sprengt antiken Triumphbogen in Palmyra. Meldung des Chefs der syrischen Altertümerverwaltung, Mamun Abdelkarim. In: Die Zeit online. 5. Oktober 2015, abgerufen am 5. Oktober 2015.