The US Secretary of State has slammed Russia for supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, describing it as “irresponsible and profoundly ill-advised.”
John Kerry said on Tuesday that Russia had turned a blind to Assad’s eye use of chemical attacks against its own citizens, leaving little hope for an early resumption of talks about a cease-fire.
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“My government is absolutely convinced that we are in pursuit of the correct goals in Syria,” adding, “but we acknowledge in sorrow, and I have to tell you with a great sense of outrage, that Russia has turned a blind eye to Assad’s deplorable use of…chlorine gas, barrel bombs against his people.”
Press TV reports:
He alleged that Russia and the Syrian government “have rejected diplomacy,” and instead are “trying to pursue a military victory over the broken bodies, the bombed-out hospitals, the traumatized children of a long-suffering land.”
US to blame for talks failure
Russia, however, says that the US is to blame for the failure of diplomatic talks aimed at resolving the crisis in Syria.
“The problem is that for the whole time we were involved in Russian-American negotiations… we realized very clearly that the US had no joint position. Different organizations, different structures in Washington were taking different positions on what’s going on Syria. They had absolutely different views,” said foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova during an interview with RT on Tuesday.
The American officials have repeatedly changed their minds and points of view over the events in Syria, she said. “Probably, that was the main reason why they failed in fulfilling those agreements that we achieved.”
US State Department spokesman John Kirby said Monday that Washington was suspending participation in bilateral channels with Moscow that were established to maintain the cessation of hostilities in the war-torn country.
He also accused Russia of not delivering on its commitments under a ceasefire agreement by stepping up airstrikes in the city of Aleppo, which has been divided between government forces in the west and the militants in the east since 2012.
Russia to keep assisting Syrian forces
On Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the suspension of the talks did not mean “Russia will renounce its plans to assist Syria’s armed forces in the fight against terrorism.”
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on the same day that it had deployed the S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system to Syria to defend Russia’s naval base in the city of Tartus and its ships in the coastal area.
Last November, Russia deployed its newest S-400 missile system to Hmeimim Air Base in Syria following the downing of a Russian jet by Turkey in Syria.
Russia has been supporting the Syrian government in its campaign to take back Aleppo from the terrorists.
Government forces, backed by the Russian air campaign, have managed to gain more ground against foreign-sponsored militants in the strategic northwestern city.
Kerry urges Russia to ground its aircraft
“Russia knows exactly what it needs to do to get that cessation implemented in a fair and reasonable way,” Kerry said on Tuesday.
“We will continue to pursue a meaningful, sustainable, enforceable cessation of hostilities throughout the country – and that includes the grounding of Syrian and Russian combat aircraft in designated areas,” he noted.
If Russia should win the battle for Aleppo it will mean the end of American hegemony in the Middle East
This is the real reason the US is screaming about ‘barrel bombs’ and ‘sarin gas’
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Do I seriously know more about politics than John Kerry? No, so he’s trying to trick you. Putin said from the beginning Asad was set up and America was STUPID if they weren’t bright enough to see it. Why would Asad attack his own people with chemical weapons 2 miles away from where he KNOWS UN officials are conducting inspections? ISIS framed Asad to create the Free Syrian Army to collect aid from U.S. and then turn the aid over to ISIS.. which is EXACTLY what has happened and why people say Obama armed ISIS.. because he armed the Free Syrain Army who ARE essentially ISIS… come ON
John Kerry is not even human, he is an alien. The world looks on and says nothing, while people like him give orders to kills civilians in Syria. Absolutely DISGUSTING! For sure he will burn in hell.
As usual, babbling Kerry goes on a tirade showing the world what a complete idiot he is. His continued repeating of the same old lies, chemical weapons, barrel bombs, killing his own people, can all be disavowed by looking at how Kerry supports these same crimes by the Ukrainian regime against its own people in the east?