Austria Says Syria’s Assad Should Be Part of Fight Against ISIS
Washington has stuck by its position that Assad's treatment of his own people has fuelled extremism
Sebastian Kurz’s comments, during a state visit to Iran, reflect what some European diplomats have said privately for months, but they also expose a divide among Western countries on how to deal with Assad and the rise of hardline fighters four years into a war that has killed a quarter of a million and driven 11 million from their homes.
“We need a pragmatic common approach in this respect including the involvement of Assad in the fight against Islamic State terror,” Kurz told reporters. “One should not forget the crimes that Assad has committed, but also not forget the pragmatic view of the fact that in this fight we are on the same side.”
While the U.S. priority in Syria is battling Islamic State, not unseating Assad, Washington has stuck by its position that Assad’s treatment of his own people has fuelled extremism and that he must go, a view shared by Britain and France.
U.S.-led forces have been bombing Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq for the past year.
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2 comments:
The criminal U.S. Government created and supports ISIS !
The West and Israel created this war.
Syrian President Bashar Assad is not so stupid that he would move his troops that are defending his country off to fight another war started by the West and Israel. He doesn't have enough troops to fight two wars at the same time.
Don't worry though as his friend Russia will fight ISIS for him.
If the US and Israel would stop funding ISIS this war would end soon. Ken T.
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