UN Envoy: Assad Must Be Part of Syria Solution

The U.N. envoy for Syria said on Friday that President Bashar al-Assad must be part of the solution for easing violence in Syria, and he would continue discussions with him after talks in Damascus earlier this week. The envoy, Staffan de Mistura, is struggling to advance a proposal that would freeze fighting in the northern city of Aleppo - one of the subjects he has said he had discussed with Assad. In Vienna for talks with Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, de Mistura said the...

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