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Kissinger: Top Priority Defeat of ISIL Not Assad Ouster

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Former US Secretary Of State Henry Kissinger has said that removing ISIL from Syria that has made this country a haven for terrorists is more important than outstaring Syrian President Bashar Assad. “The destruction of ISIS is more urgent than the overthrow of Bashar Assad,” the veteran diplomat writes in …

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Russia’s Putin Not to Stop Support for Syria’s al-Assad Government

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Russia’s Putin Not to Stop Support for Syria’s al-Assad Government A Syrian opposition politician underlined that the Russian government will continue supporting President Bashar Assad’s government, FNA reports. “Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has reiterated that his country’s stances have not changed and Moscow will continue supporting the legitimacy of …

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WikiLeaks: US, Saudis Planned to Topple Syria’s Assad in 2012

WikiLeaks: US, Saudis Planned to Topple Syria's Assad in 2012

WikiLeaks: US, Saudis Planned to Topple Syria’s Assad in 2012 Whistleblower Julian Assange implicated the United States – along with the Saudi Arabian government – in a plot to overthrow the Syrian government. Saudi Arabia, the United States, France, and Britain were involved in a secret 2012 deal to overthrow …

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Assad wins Syrian presidential election

Syria’s incumbent leader Bashar al-Assad has been announced as the winner of the country’s presidential election. On Wednesday, Syrian People’s Assembly speaker Jihad al-Laham announced that Assad won 88.7 percent of the vote, or 10,319,723 of 11,634,412 votes cast in Tuesday’s election, the official SANA news agency reported.

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