Important Meeting On Syria

Still, the secretary of state acknowledged the difficulties the USA faces in convincing Syria’s top allies Russian Federation and Iran that Assad must go, saying that “we are still working through with Russian Federation and Iran the question of Assad and his role”.

Kerry departed Thursday for Tunisia, which he’ll visit before traveling to Vienna, the capital of Austria.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor confirmed regime forces had taken control of large parts of Al-Hader, which had been largely controlled by Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front and other allied Islamist groups.

“The rise of Daesh is directly attributable to the policies and actions of the Assad regime”, said Kerry, referring to the Islamic State.

But they carefully avoided the issue of when Assad might leave power, a dispute at the heart of the conflict, which has claimed more than 250,000 lives and generated more than 4 million refugees.

“We can not accept these rules of the game”, she said.

While USA secretary of state John Kerry has said prospects for the talks are uncertain, he also observed that “time and turbulence” could create new possibilities. Under the terms, the sponsoring countries of each group covered by the cease fire would be responsible for making sure that group upholds it.

“Well it doesn’t change the dynamics as far as I’m concerned, because I’ve been warning about it”, says Senator McCain, “Hopefully this president will no longer call them the junior varsity and realize that this is a serious threat”. Western nations say the Russians have mainly bombed moderate forces as part of its “counterterrorism” campaign.

His comments came a day after Russian Federation circulated a document on ending Syria’s conflict that calls for drafting a new constitution within 18 months. Europe, meanwhile, is struggling to cope with the worst migrant crisis since World War II.

History augurs poorly for a quick understanding – even among just the would-be mediators.

“It will be practically impossible to agree on that list at these talks”, a Western diplomatic source said. De Mistura told reporters after briefing the United Nations Security Council late Tuesday that his message to the 15 members was “one word – momentum”.

Parties to the negotiations – which include the USA, Russian Federation and several European and Middle Eastern countries – last met in Vienna in October, emerging with a communiqué that laid out areas of agreement on resolving the Syrian conflict. Lavrov only said that there should be no tolerance of any terrorism and he’s vowing to do more to defeat ISIS and other terrorist groups in Syria. Russian Federation and Iran would only need to convince Assad to stop fighting.

Since foreign ministers and senior officials from the United States, Russian Federation and more than a dozen other countries expressed support in Vienna two weeks ago for a political process, little progress has been made. The prospect of “terrorist” and “non-terrorist” forces embedded with one another complicates the matter.