US is ready to work with Russia and Iran on Syria but says Assad can't stay in power
- 9 years ago
President Barack Obama says that the United States is willing to work with Russia and Iran to try to end the Syrian conflict.
Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday, he denounced ISIL but also said that there can’t be a return to the status quo under Bashar al-Assad.
Obama described Assad as a tyrant and as the chief culprit behind the four-year civil war in which at least 200,000 people have died and millions have been driven from their homes internally or abroad as refugees.
Losing hope and fearful for their families, skilled Syrians join refugee exodus http://t.co/yBHOi0jNv9 pic.twitter.com/R26jnGNlHl— UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) September 28, 2015
“When a dictator slaughters tens of thousands of his own people, that is not just a matter of one nation’s internal affairs,” Obama said.
“It breeds human suffering on an order of magnitude that affects us all. Likewise, when a terrorist group beheads captives, slaughters the innocent and enslaves women,
Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday, he denounced ISIL but also said that there can’t be a return to the status quo under Bashar al-Assad.
Obama described Assad as a tyrant and as the chief culprit behind the four-year civil war in which at least 200,000 people have died and millions have been driven from their homes internally or abroad as refugees.
Losing hope and fearful for their families, skilled Syrians join refugee exodus http://t.co/yBHOi0jNv9 pic.twitter.com/R26jnGNlHl— UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) September 28, 2015
“When a dictator slaughters tens of thousands of his own people, that is not just a matter of one nation’s internal affairs,” Obama said.
“It breeds human suffering on an order of magnitude that affects us all. Likewise, when a terrorist group beheads captives, slaughters the innocent and enslaves women,