UK prime minister calls for civilians in Syria to be protected after rebel forces take control of Damascus
Keir Starmer has welcomed the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s “barbaric regime” in Syria and called for civilians to be protected after rebel forces took control of Damascus.“The Syrian people have suffered under Assad’s barbaric regime for too long and we welcome his departure,” Starmer said. “Our focus is now on ensuring a political solution prevails and peace and stability is restored.”
The meetings are sure to touch on the political situation in Syria after Assad, who has waged a bloody war against his people since a rebellion against him 13 years ago, was unexpectedly ousted by a lightning rebel offensive., the deputy prime minister, told Sky News’s Trevor Phillips earlier on Sunday. “What we need to see is a political resolution in line with the UN resolutions. We need to see civilians and infrastructure protected.
Taylor told the Guardian: “For many years I supported Syrian activists in the UK in calling for a no-fly zone to protect Syrians from Assad and Putin, as Jo Cox did, and I’m convinced that if we’d done that half a million people would still be alive. It’s well documented that Corbyn and co spent more energy casting doubt on whether chemical weapons were being used than on ways to protect civilians. I’m glad our party has moved on from this period.
John Sawers, a former head of MI6, said the government should review its proscription of HTS because it had cut ties with al-Qaida over the past decade.
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