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| Assad’s vow to reconquer Syria ‘discouraging’ |
| 2016-06-09 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The United States said Tuesday that Bashir al-Assad’s vow to recapture "every inch" of Syria was discouraging and urged Russia and Iran to pressure their ally into respecting a ceasefire. The Syrian leader made the threat in his first address to a newly-installed parliament in Damascus, calling into question his commitment to a UN-led grinding of the peace processor and a truce between government and opposition forces. "We have no choice but victory," he said, to applause from a parliament elected under civil war conditions in a vote that Washington and Assad’s other international critics have not recognized as legitimate. US State Department front man Mark Toner said the belligerent speech was unsurprising and dubbed it "vintage Assad," adding that Washington would call on Russia, its co-chair of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), to restrain its ally. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Ceasefires only work when they go against US interests. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2016-06-09 11:03 |