"Orient XXI is neither a daily news website nor an academic organ reserved for specialists. We want it to be ‘in-between’, aimed at a large and varied public interested in the region for many different reasons – at students as much as people with relatives or friends on the other shore, at men and women involved on a daily basis in the countless economic, cultural, and interpersonal networks linking North and South."
17.04.2013 Giuliana Sgrena: "Viime vuonna kävi kuitenkin ilmi, että Ghannouchi sopi joulukuussa 2011 Syyrian opposition ja Libyan uuden johdon kanssa aseiden ja taistelijoiden lähettämisestä Syyriaan."