Assad Must Be Held Accountable for All Types of Terror
US missile strikes on a Syrian air base from where a deadly chemical
weapons attack is believed to have been launched send a clear message
that the United States is now “directly engaged” in addressing the mass
homicide perpetrated by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, said
Frederic C. Hof, director of the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center
for the Middle East.
“The president’s top priority in Syria will continue to be the defeat of the so-called Islamic State, but in the wake of the chemical attack, the president realized that the Bashar al-Assad side of this problem is closely related to his top priority,” said Hof, noting that Assad’s brutal crackdown has helped recruitment for terrorist groups, including the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).
“The president’s top priority in Syria will continue to be the defeat of the so-called Islamic State, but in the wake of the chemical attack, the president realized that the Bashar al-Assad side of this problem is closely related to his top priority,” said Hof, noting that Assad’s brutal crackdown has helped recruitment for terrorist groups, including the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).
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