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Assad’s uncle: ‘terrorist’ rebels behind chemical attack
President Bashar al-Assad’s uncle does not know what to say about his nephew these days. On the one hand, they fell out long ago. On the other he describes the rebels as terrorists.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he is committed to destroying his country’s chemical weapons but it will take about a year to do so.
US Secretary of State John Kerry says any deal over Syria’s chemical weapons is not a “lifeline” to President Bashar al-Assad, whose regime has “lost all legitimacy”.
President Bashar al-Assad’s uncle does not know what to say about his nephew these days. On the one hand, they fell out long ago. On the other he describes the rebels as terrorists.
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