More likely, he never had any intention of altering Russia’s policy of proclaiming war against the Islamic State while focusing its fire on the forces opposed to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
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The U.N. has yet to formally act on those tests, which do not violate the nuclear agreement but are banned by U.N. The experts’ report also noted that ballistic missile launches would still be covered by the July 20 resolution.
This would see a transitional government set up within six months, after regime-opposition talks, and elections within 18 months. White House officials have expressed publicly and privately a willingness to consider Assad staying in power during a transition, if there’s an agreed-upon end date to his tenure in office.
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“There is no excuse for not using every resource at our disposal to fully vet individuals before they come to the United States”. ABC and The Times didn’t note which social media platforms Malik was thought have posted on.
The resolution is a small step forward that at least requires parties to the conflict to come to the table and talk further, although it begs the question of exactly who should be there to represent the Syrian opposition.
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There is still no agreement on a definitive list of terrorist groups now present in Syria. Moscow is a longtime ally of Assad.
Despite these areas of closer agreement, the most critical point of contention-President Assad’s future-remained unresolved.
Turkey’s decision to take out Russia’s Su-24 was a mistake, and now it’s time to look for a solution to the situation, co-chairman of the Turkish People’s Democratic Party told Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a meeting in Moscow. Commenting on the adopted resolution, Lavrov said voting at the UN “should pave the way to forming a broad anti-terror front on the basis of the UN Charter and relying on all those who are fighting terror on the ground, including the Syrian army, Kurdish militias, and armed groups of the patriotic Syrian opposition”.
The Washington Post’s editorial board is livid that President Barack Obama appears to have accepted the Russian position that the Syrian people should decide for themselves who their future leaders should be – when the Post seems to prefer that the choice be made by neoconservative think tanks in Washington or other outsiders.
“The death toll of civilians due to Russian operations is over 600”.
Saudi Arabia has also formed a 34-nation coalition against Islamic “terrorism”.
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According to Lavrov, members of the group are planning to convene for the next round in January.
