Another leader who wants to see Assad gone.
France: 'Assad Or ISIS' Thinking Means More Refugees, More Violence
Francois Hollande urged the West to back nationalist elements in Syria who aren't fond of either Assad or ISIS.
Akbar Shahid AhmedForeign Affairs Reporter, The Huffington Post
NEW YORK -- French President Francois Hollande warned Monday that European leaders worried about the flow of refugees to their countries and wanting to see an end to Syria's civil war to stop that flow should be wary of seeing Syrian President Bashar Assad as the solution to their problems.
The chief reason refugees have proven so desperate to leave Syria over the past four years is the violence to which Assad subjects thousands of civilians each day, Hollande said in a small briefing with reporters before his address to the United Nations General Assembly.
The president indicated that even as the Syrian refugee crisis mounts, and some nations in Europe -- notably the United Kingdom and Germany -- are shifting slightly from the general Western consensus that Assad must be treated as a pariah and leave office, they may be losing sight of the source of their trouble: the Syrian regime.
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France: 'Assad Or ISIS' Thinking Means More Refugees, More Violence
Francois Hollande urged the West to back nationalist elements in Syria who aren't fond of either Assad or ISIS.
Akbar Shahid AhmedForeign Affairs Reporter, The Huffington Post
NEW YORK -- French President Francois Hollande warned Monday that European leaders worried about the flow of refugees to their countries and wanting to see an end to Syria's civil war to stop that flow should be wary of seeing Syrian President Bashar Assad as the solution to their problems.
The chief reason refugees have proven so desperate to leave Syria over the past four years is the violence to which Assad subjects thousands of civilians each day, Hollande said in a small briefing with reporters before his address to the United Nations General Assembly.
The president indicated that even as the Syrian refugee crisis mounts, and some nations in Europe -- notably the United Kingdom and Germany -- are shifting slightly from the general Western consensus that Assad must be treated as a pariah and leave office, they may be losing sight of the source of their trouble: the Syrian regime.
Continue reading at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/france-assad-or-isis-thinking-means-more-refugees-more-