‘Assad cannot slaughter his way to legitimacy’ – Obama
By AFP
17 December 2016 |
3:31 am
US President Barack Obama declares that Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime and its Iranian and Russian backers are solely responsible for the slaughter of civilians in Aleppo.
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