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From The Independent
What’s Russia up to in Syria? I would wager they’re after something big – retaking Palmyra
Recapturing the ancient city it would be an epic symbol of new ambitions
From The Independent
Syria crisis: UN debates keeping President Assad as leader in short term
World leaders will attempt to revive the peace process, which will involve Russia
From The Daily Mail
Cameron insists Syria’s Assad must not escape prosecution even if he plays a role in political solution of the country as he arrived in America
- Prime Minister said Syria’s Bashar al-Assad must not escape prosecution
- Putin has ordered Russia to build-up in support of the Assad regime
- France launches first airstrikes against ISIS in Syria, Hollande announces
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must not escape prosecution, even if he is allowed to play an interim role in any political solution in Syria, David Cameron has said shortly after arriving in the US.
The Prime Minister’s comments come as Britain prepares to drop its demand for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to instead focus on defeating ISIS.
Mr Cameron flew to the United Nations in New York today hoping to inject new momentum into the stalled Syrian peace process.
David Cameron flies to the United Nations in New York today hoping to inject new momentum into the stalled Syrian peace process
But he made it clear that Assad could be allowed to stay in power for a transition period in a key move to win Russian backing for attacks on the jihadi terrorists in Syria.
Mr Cameron has repeatedly made clear that ‘Assad has to go’ as part of any hope of securing peace in Syria.
However, British officials admit warned that finding a resolution to the four-year conflict had been made more complicated by the unexpected Russian military build-up in support of the Assad regime.
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From Ynet News
Obama Putin trade jabs over Syria at UN
The American and Russian leaders clash over Syria, and are followed by a line of speeches which focused on ending the Syrian crisis. The US and Russia seem to be on a collision course regarding the continued presidency of Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad. US President Barack Obama gave a speech on Monday at the 70th UN General Assembly meeting in New York, sending Russia a clear message – the Assad regime must be replaced.
The US president strongly attacked the Syrian regime, saying that after the bloodshed that has occurred, the status quo cannot be resumed. Obama denounced Assad’s brutality, reminding the Assembly that the war in Syria started because Assad responded to peaceful protests with intensified repression and killing. He said that the chaos must be stopped so that Syria can be rebuilt.
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From The Times of Israel
Rouhani, at UN, slams US for supporting ‘inhumane Zionist entity’
Iranian president demands Israel be stripped of nuclear weapons, claims regime wants to rebuild ties worldwide
President Hassan Rouhani told the UN General Assembly on Monday that Iran seeks to rebuild relations with the international community and especially its neighbors, but left little doubt that he did not include Israel among his regime’s potential peace partners.
In a speech filled with assertions of Iran’s peace-oriented outlook, its desire to fight terrorism, and its willingness to engage with other nations in a quest for global tranquility, Rouhani related to Israel in only two passages, only in the negative, while referring to it as “the Zionist regime.”
First, he called on the world powers with whom Iran negotiated its July nuclear deal to strip Israel of its reported nuclear weapons arsenal. Demanding “full nuclear disarmament” in the Middle East, he said the major powers must “not to allow the Zionist regime to remain the only impediment in the way of realizing this important initiative.”
And second, he asserted that Israel’s “inhumane” treatment of the Palestinians was utilized by terror groups to justify their crimes, and that American support for Israel skewed US policy. Were it not for the United States’ “unwarranted support for the inhumane actions of the Zionist regime against the oppressed nation of Palestine today, the terrorists would not have an excuse for the justification of their crimes,” Rouhani said. Washington, he went on, was “throwing about baseless accusations, and pursuing other dangerous polices,” in defense of “regional allies” who only cultivate division.
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From The Times of Israel
Assad regime rebukes France for IS airstrikes in Syria
‘Actions not coordinated with Damascus,’ complains Syrian ambassador to UN, after Hollande calls for regime change
The Syrian government criticized France late Sunday for carrying out a series of airstrikes on an Islamic State training camp in Syria, arguing that the attacks were not coordinated with Damascus.
“The French president has not coordinated those actions with the Syrian president,” the Syrian ambassador to the UN, Bashar Jaafari told the Russian news agency TASS.
“The French military acted without an agreement with the Syrian armed forces. It is impossible to be fighting terrorism other than in cooperation with the legal government in Syria and the Syrian military. This is exactly what [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin meant calling the Syrian army the only legitimate force to deal with in fighting terrorism.”
Jaafari also rebuked French President Francois Hollande for calling for a regime change in Syria on Sunday, saying such a call was in contradiction with the UN charter.
“Words of the kind are clueless, especially at the UN headquarters,” he said, adding that France has no right to “fight terrorism this way — unilaterally.”
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From The Times of Israel
Iran’s president says Assad must remain in power
Rouhani indicates Tehran cannot work with any government that makes Syrian regime change a priority
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran’s president said Sunday that Syrian leader Bashar Assad must remain in power to fight extremist groups like the Islamic State group and must not be weakened, putting him at odds with the United States and key nations who insist Assad must go in order to achieve peace.
Hassan Rouhani told a meeting with scholars and think tank experts that Iran will cooperate with any country that puts fighting and defeating “terrorism” as its top priority — but he said it cannot work with any government that makes a change in Syria’s regime its top priority.
He said the Syrian government does need reform. But he warned that if getting rid of Assad is the top goal, as soon as that happens “the terrorists will enter Damascus immediately” as well as other cities controlled by the government, and all will fall to Daesh, an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State extremist group.
Rouhani’s comments run counter to the roadmap to peace in Syria adopted by key nations in Geneva in June 2012. It calls for the formation of a transitional government with full executive powers “on the basis of mutual consent,” leading to elections, and would require Assad to relinquish power at some unspecified point.
The Iranian president’s remarks came on the eve of the annual meeting of world leaders at the United Nations, where frustration is growing at the failure to launch talks to end the nearly five-year-old Syrian war. They also follow a surprise Russian military buildup in Syria, a longtime ally, to help Assad’s government combat the Islamic State, a move that has raised serious concerns in Washington. And they came on the heels of France’s announcement earlier Sunday that it had carried out airstrikes in Syria for the first time, bombing an Islamic State training camp in eastern Syria.
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From Ynet News
Russia blames Poland for sparking WWII
Relations worsen as Ambassador Sergey Andreev suggests Soviet invasion of Poland was in self-defense; Poland: Ambassador ‘undermining historical truth.’ The Russian ambassador to Poland has sparked outrage for putting some of the blame for World War II on Poland, creating a new spat amid deepening tensions between the Slavic nations.
Russian Ambassador Sergey Andreev on Friday described the Soviet’s 1939 invasion of Poland as an act of self-defense, not aggression. The comment prompted Poland’s Foreign Ministry to declare Saturday that the ambassador “undermines historical truth” and seems to be trying to justify Stalinist crimes.
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From The Times of Israel
Zuckerberg, UN seek to bring internet to refugee camps
Facebook founder also partners with Bill and Melinda Gates in bid for universal web access by 2020
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Saturday announced that his company was partnering with the United Nations for refugees to bring internet access to refugee camps.
Zuckerberg, along with Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, also threw his weight behind the goal of bringing internet access to everyone in the world by 2020.
The pledge comes amid a United Nations effort to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030, a goal set on Friday during a special summit at the global body.
The internet became commonplace in developed countries in the 1990s, but UN officials estimate that half the world does not have reliable access — especially women and girls, whose education is vital to development.
“When people have access to the tools and knowledge of the internet, they have access to opportunities that make life better for all of us,” said a declaration signed by Zuckerberg and Bill and Melinda Gates, who have devoted their wealth to philanthropy.
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