As new fighting in Syria's last opposition-held province intensifies, the U.S. is increasingly warning the regime of Bashar al Assad and his backer Russia against escalating the conflict, especially by deploying chemical weapons.
As new fighting in Syria's last opposition-held province intensifies, the U.S. is increasingly warning the regime of Bashar al Assad and his backer Russia against escalating the conflict, especially by deploying chemical weapons.
"The United States and our allies will respond quickly and appropriately" if chemical weapons were confirmed to have been used, spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said in a statement. The fighting has displaced some 180,000 new Syrians, according to the United Nations, with at least dozens of people killed amid the most intense period of violence in months.
One powerful rebel group struck back Wednesday. Al Nusra Front, which was at one time affiliated with al Qaeda, launched an offensive on a Russian air base with around 500 fighters, seven tanks, and around 30 heavy machine-gun mounted pick-up trucks, according to Reuters news agency. "Everybody wants this war to end, everybody wants refugees and [internally displaced persons] to return, and everybody wants the fighting and this danger of an escalation to stop," Jeffrey told the House Foreign Affairs Committee Wednesday, with one exception: Assad himself, who has"shown little willingness to be flexible on any issue and at the moment may be concluding that it's better to sit on a pile of rubble with half his population and 60 percent of his country than...
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