Israeli official: Putin seeks deal to prevent US attack in Syria
According to Israeli official, Russian president spoke with EU, Syria, Iran in order to establish agreement to cancel American strike in Syria, disarm Assad of chemical weapons
The two made the remarks while the cabinet convened to discuss developments in the Syrian crisis.
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According to an Israeli official, Putin opened intensive talks with the European Union, the Syrians and the Iranians, and is trying to create an agreement that would cancel a potential American attack, and would require Syrian President Bashar Assad to remove chemical weapons from his country.
The same source estimated that until now, the US administration did not find Putin very credible. The US is concerned that the Russian president aims at foiling the strike and that the second part of the wanted agreement has little importance to him.
In a joint press conference with Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiya, Kerry stressed that US President Barack Obama has yet to decide on the matter.
On Saturday, CNN released 13 videos that present the results of the fatal attack in Syria on August 21. Kerry justified the publication of the videos and said that "the vast majority of members of Congress – House and Senate – are undecided. And that's why the videos are being shown and the briefings are taking place. Those videos make it clear to people that these are real human beings, real children, parents being affected in ways that are unacceptable to anybody, anywhere by any standards."
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