Obama says Assad must go to end Syria civil war

But, he said, there were still differences over the fate of Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, and Moscow’s current military focus on defending him. The effort was led, in large part, by the United States, and the US, relative to many European countries, had very little to lose in cutting off lanes of commerce with Moscow. “France will remain a country of freedom, of movement, of culture, an active, brave, dynamic country that doesn’t surrender to fear”. The Islamic State group has positions in Aleppo province; Idlib has the presence of the Nusra militant group.

Recently, US President Barack Obama said that Assad must go to end the civil war in Syria.

“Our grief and our wrath must help join efforts of Russian Federation and France in the fight against worldwide terrorism”. The Institute for the Study of War said in a report that the Russian strikes were “likely intended as a show of force to the USA and its North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies”.

Since the Paris killings, Islamic State in Syria has come under heavier bombardment. Russia, seeking to maintain its foothold in Syria, has strongly opposed Assad’s ouster.

But Putin isn’t the only one undergoing the process of re-definition.

While Russian Federation has sought to buttress Assad, the US and its allies insist he’s lost legitimacy and can’t be part of any future Syrian government.

He told Italian state television that if Syria’s people want presidential elections “there will be no red line” against holding them. That, Obama explained, is why “most of the Russian strikes at this point have not been directed at [ISIS], they’ve been directed at propping up the Assad regime”.

After the attacks, the United States along with France and the United Kingdom have pledged a serious military and air force prowess in combating the radical Islamic terrorist problem.

“They’re afraid to inform us on the territories which we shouldn’t strike, fearing that it is precisely where we’ll strike; that we are going to cheat everybody,”he added”.

Following a phone call between Hollande and Putin this week, the Kremlin said Russian Federation and French military and security services would work together to confront “terrorist groups” in Syria.

Russian Federation has already mobilized long and short range missiles near the Syrian border to act on the situation.

The bill is to be debated by both houses of Parliament today and Friday and expected to be voted on by the end of the week. Underlining the widening scope of the probe, police in Germany said they arrested five suspects, including two women.

Putin, who had initially resisted calling the plane crash a terrorist attack, waited until after the Islamic State attacks last week in Paris to make the announcement.

“We will search for them everywhere, no matter where they are hiding”, Putin said of the perpetrators.

“The terror attacks that Russian Federation and France have just faced affected the whole world”. Eleven million others have been forced from their homes.

He said that the jail had become a recruiting platform for groups like Daesh, which claimed responsibility for last week’s Paris attacks. He’s held back from asking Parliament to vote on the issue for lack of cross-party support.

U.S. warplanes struck convoys of trucks that Islamic State was using to smuggle oil it produces in Syria.

Here’s how he frames it: “If indeed our partners believe Ukraine’s creditworthiness will grow and they would convince us of it, that means they believe it, and if they believe it, let them put up guarantees”.

Russia, which has conducted air campaign in Syria since September 30, sharply raised its intensity this week on President Vladimir Putin’s orders.