The smart policy for any incoming president would be to use the opportunity of an administration change to study the state of the Syrian mayhem and then end all US involvement. The information could not be in independently verified.
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The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, known as Conflict Pool until April 2015, paid American diplomacy start up Independent Diplomat $1.4m in the last 18 months to lobby the US State Department on behalf of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces. Turkish troops have clashed with US-backed Kurdish forces in the area, which Ankara views as a threat due to their alleged links with Kurdish insurgents fighting in southeastern Turkey.
On Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement concerning the Turkish operation in northern Syria, stressing that all military action in the country must be agreed to by the legitimate government in Damascus, in accordance with global law.
A Syrian search and rescue organization says four of its personnel were killed in the line of duty the previous day in opposition-held areas in the country.
Hijab is the general coordinator of the High Negotiations Committee, the main opposition group involved in stalled United Nations -mediated peace talks in Geneva, which is backed by Saudi Arabia and western powers opposed to Assad’s rule.
It said: “Statements of British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson reveal his complete separation from reality and his lack of realisation that the time of the British colonial mandate will not come back”.
Carter told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Wednesday that Russian Federation will bear responsibility for Assad’s actions Syria.
“The truth is the Russians don’t fear American responses right now”, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports”.
In London on Wednesday, Syrian opposition leaders unveiled a plan for a political transition created to bring an end to the war.
The High Negotiations Committee scheme is set to be made public Wednesday in a session at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The goal is to develop a signed agreement on the “basic principles” of the transition process.
“This transitional period will begin with the departure of Bashar al-Assad and his clique, and of course those who have committed crimes against the Syrian people”, Hijab said.
The US actions in Syria have all the earmarks of implementing the much-discussed “Plan B” voiced by US Secretary John Kerry in February 2016, Russian academic Stanislav Ivanov suggests, adding that Washington is seeking to divide Syria into a number of enclaves.
On Wednesday the world’s chemical weapons watchdog condemned the alleged use of toxic substances in Aleppo, once Syria’s economic capital, after dozens of people had to be treated for breathing problems.
Dr. Riad Hijab, General Coordinator of the HNC, outlined the grave transformations besetting the Arab region, and the impact the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in Syria has on regional and global security.
Hamza al-Khatib, who heads an Aleppo medical center, said Afifa had been in intensive care following the suspected chlorine attack. Activists in the city said one person died after bombs were dropped from government helicopters.
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Hopes were raised when the pair saw each other at the G-20 in Hangzhou, China on Sunday and then again on Monday.
