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Monday, December 16, 2024
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Monday, December 16, 2024
EU says extremism, Russia and Iran have no place in Syria’s future
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EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas speaks to the press as she arrives to chair a European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs Council meeting at the Europa building in Brussels on December 16, 2024. (NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)
Extremism, Russia and Iran should not have a place in Syria’s future, EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas tells reporters after meeting with European foreign ministers.
“Many foreign ministers emphasized that it should be a condition for the new leadership to eliminate Russian influence (in Syria),” Kallas said.
Four Syrian officials told Reuters on Saturday that while Russia is pulling back its military from the front lines in northern Syria and from posts in the Alawite Mountains, Moscow is not leaving its two main bases in the country after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.
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