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Emily Thornberry cites popularity of Syria's Assad in interview
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia May 16, 2018 04:11pm |
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| Category | Interview |
| Author | Patrick Wintour |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 16, 2018 08:20:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has a greater “depth and breadth of support than is recognised in the west”, the shadow foreign secretary has said.
Emily Thornberry’s remarks to the magazine Prospect are likely to be controversial among those who regard Assad as a brutal dictator who has killed tens of thousands of his citizens and driven millions of refugees over the border. Thornberry is likely to argue that she was merely saying a segment of public opinion do not recognise that Assad has greater popular following inside Syria than the opposition forces suggest.
Thornberry is quoted as saying: “There is an argument that if [Assad] had been as overwhelmingly unpopular as the rebels told the west at the outset, then he wouldn’t be there. I think there has been a depth and a breadth of support for Assad that has been underestimated.”
In the interview, Thornberry, who has been accused of taking a lenient approach towards Assad before, called for political talks to end the civil war, and said Russia could bring Assad to the negotiating table in Geneva. She urged all foreign troops to leave Syria. |
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