Publicly, the Obama administration says it still believes Assad must be ousted, but behind the scenes the White House is embracing a strategy that would leave the Syrian leader in place as the world unites against an immediate threat from the ISIL terrorist group, The Washington Times reported. “We will not get the support on the ground in Syria to dislodge ISIS if the fighters there who are not associated with ISIS, but whose principal goal is getting rid of Assad, don’t believe there is a political, diplomatic channel that is ongoing”, Clinton said.
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This assessment also blasted Turkey for co-opting the CIA’s plan to arm the fabled “moderate Syrian rebels” against Assad, turning it into “an across-the-board technical, arms and logistical programme for all of the opposition, including Jabhat al-Nusra and Islamic State”.
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As a result, according to IHS, the Syrian Armed Forces and part of the opposition fighting the terrorism forced the terrorists to give up some 12,800 square kilometers in the northern Syrian border with Turkey.
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“If they do that, it would be a real prelude to an effective political process with us definitely involved”, she said. “If Assad remains in power… it’s because he was smart enough to use the intelligence and sound tactical advice we provided to others”.
The observatory said Russian air strikes have killed 2,132 people in Syria – one-third of them civilians – since they began on September 30.
Turkish PM says Syria won’t be part of “imperialist goals” after reports Russian air strikes killed dozens of civilians. The new intelligence estimate singled out Turkey as a major impediment to Obama’s Syria policy.
The UN Security Council Resolution 2254 adopted on December 18 in support of the Vienna agreements on the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Syria envisages participation of the Syrian opposition and representatives of government in the talks that are due to start in January 2016.
“Obama now has a more compliant Pentagon”.
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The adviser stressed there was no direct contact between the U.S. and the Syrian military.
