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US seeks Syrian solution, but Assad doesn't have to go first

President Donald Trump's counterterrorism adviser says the US is seeking a political resolution to the crisis in Syria and will not insist that President Bashar Assad be ousted first.

 

Tom Bossert says a military-imposed solution would not fill a void in leadership in the war-torn nation.

 

Bossert does say that leaving Assad in control does not offer the best hope for a peaceful Syria, however.

 

Bossert's comments come after a report in The Washington Post that Trump has decided to halt the CIA's years-long covert program to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels battling the Assad government. The program was begun by the Obama administration to put pressure on Assad to relinquish power.

 


פרסום ראשון: 07.21.17, 08:02