U.S. Upping Pressure on Assad to Negotiate Peace, Kerry Says
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The U.S. is engaged in behind-the-scenes efforts with allies to persuade Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to negotiate an end to the civil war entering its fifth year, Secretary of State John Kerry said.
The top U.S. diplomat, in an interview with CBS News, suggested Assad could be involved in peace talks and didn’t repeat the Obama administration’s longstanding refrain that “Assad must go.”